Mining Incidents

Shannon Burnett; Charlie Slykhuis: 95 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: 0114863

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
95
citations
25
significant & substantial
$14,762
proposed penalties
$9,172
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,590 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
25
inspections on record
957
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: 957 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-12-17.
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.
28.4%
significant & substantial
15.9%
high negligence or reckless
28.4%
reasonably likely or greater
23.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.8% low, 77.3% moderate, 15.9% 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: 2019-02-04, 7 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
69
samples
0.79
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
49 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 20 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR19
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR14
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE12

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2018-03-19, 8 years ago
22.8
silica avg (%)
5
samples
37.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1

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: 2018-05-22, 8 years ago
0%
over PEL
27
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR6
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE6
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this controller.

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