Richard M Hendrick: 327 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: C16025
Richard M Hendrick has had no fatalities among 32 reportable incidents since 2001. MSHA has proposed $56K in penalties since 2001.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 32
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2001–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
327
citations
199
significant & substantial
$55,715
proposed penalties
$55,715
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
176
inspections on record
3,741
inspection hours
8.7
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.327 citations across 3,741 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.$56K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
312 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-22.
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.63.2%
significant & substantial
6.0%
high negligence or reckless
63.5%
reasonably likely or greater
24.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.4% low, 88.6% moderate, 6.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2003
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.10.75
total case rate
8.06
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10.75 | 8.06 | 0.000 |
| 2002 | 5.24 | 4.19 | 0.000 |
| 2001 | 4.40 | 0.88 | 0.000 |
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2003-10-23, 22 years ago
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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.93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
338
samples
6.09
dust max (mg/m3)
162 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 176 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR126
- LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)35
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)35
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2003-05-28, 23 years ago8.9
silica avg (%)
15
samples
20.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR11
- LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)4
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2002-02-12, 24 years ago
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.40%
over PEL
15
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
- ELECTRICIAN2
- ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEVA20020059 | Default | Barbour | 2002 | $6K → $6K |
| WEVA20020075 | Default | Barbour | 2002 | $3K → $3K |
| WEVA20020060 | Default | Barbour | 2002 | $1K → $1K |
| WEVA20020076 | Default | Barbour | 2002 | $161 → $161 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 2 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
16
2002
10
2001
6
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Speed Mine WV
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Where Richard M Hendrick 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.
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