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Robert B Goodall: 72 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: C09649

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1986–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
30
significant & substantial
$8,970
proposed penalties
$5,097
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,874 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
971
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: 971 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-01.
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.
42.3%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
42.9%
reasonably likely or greater
17.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 64.3% moderate, 5.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2006-05-31, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
0.73
dust max (mg/m3)
18 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR3
  • CRUSHER ATTENDANT3

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2002-10-01, 23 years ago
6.3
silica avg (%)
1
samples
6.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1

Noise
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: 2006-05-31, 20 years ago
46%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR2
  • CRUSHER ATTENDANT2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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.
28 citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
  • Settled 28 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $3K 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 2007-05-03. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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
PENN20030085 Settlement Hodgdon 2003 $2K → $500
PENN 2005-274 Settlement Hodgdon 2006 $2K → $863
PENN 2005-194 Settlement Hodgdon 2006 $953 → $477
PENN 2006-10 Settlement Hodgdon 2006 $900 → $450
PENN 2005-162 Settlement Hodgdon 2006 $687 → $342
PENN 2006-198 Settlement Bulluck 2007 $439 → $360
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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2003
1
1986
1

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Where Robert B Goodall stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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