65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $96 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
109
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 109 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$275
proposed penalties
$275
current assessed
$179
paid to date
$96
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2000-03-09, 26 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
2.69
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 10 by the operator.
June 6, 1998KY · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
R & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE FALTALY INJURED PERSON WAS USING THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP TO HOLD DOWN A HEAD DRIVE THAT WAS BALANCED IN THE CENTER ON CRIB BLOCKS. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCOOP BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE HEAD DR IVE. WHEN THAT HAPPENED THE OPERATOR'S SIDE WAS THROWN INTO THE MINE ROOF CATCHING HIS HEAD AND NECK BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Ralph Napier stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes
dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample,
score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from
the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality
history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.