Michael Upton: 281 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: C15849
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2001–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
281
citations
146
significant & substantial
$37,169
proposed penalties
$38,496
paid to date
104% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
2,412
inspection hours
11.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.281 citations across 2,412 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$37K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
280 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.52.1%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
52.9%
reasonably likely or greater
4.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.5% low, 90.4% moderate, 1.8% high, 0.4% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2006
1
2005
4
2004
2
2002
5
2001
3
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Pathfork #1 KY
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Where Michael Upton stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
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