Ralph W Stewart: 68 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: 0046067
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Mines on record
- 0
- Years on record
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
68
citations
21
significant & substantial
$20,521
proposed penalties
$474
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,047 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
33
inspections on record
343
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 343 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
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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.$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$474
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-14.
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.31.8%
significant & substantial
7.6%
high negligence or reckless
31.8%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.0% low, 89.4% moderate, 7.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
53
citations taken to the federal commission · 78% of citations on record
- Settled 5 · 9%
- Stood as issued 48 · 91%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 18 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $12K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-01-13. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this controller contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST 2007-136M | Default | Lesnick | 2008 | $7K → $7K |
| WEST 2011-357M | Default | Lesnick | 2011 | $2K → $2K |
| WEST 2009-16M | Default | Lesnick | 2010 | $1K → $1K |
| WEST 2007-134M | Default Decision by District Court | Lesnick | 2008 | $810 → $810 |
| WEST 2009-44M | Default | Lesnick | 2010 | $700 → $700 |
| WEST 2016-0222 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2016 | $500 → $500 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this controller.
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Where Ralph W Stewart stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
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