Mining Incidents

Shawn Hawkins: 33 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: 0114221

Shawn Hawkins has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $32K in penalties since 2015, with $2K outstanding.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
33
citations
11
significant & substantial
$31,899
proposed penalties
$12,796
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,103 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
11
inspections on record
186
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: 186 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $28K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-08-31.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
21.2%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.3% low, 48.5% moderate, 21.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 52% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 76%
  • Stood as issued 4 · 24%
86%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$28K proposed, $11K 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 2017-12-14. 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
LAKE 2018-0061 Settlement Paez 2018 $18K → $7K
LAKE 2018-0077 Settlement Paez 2018 $7K → $2K
LAKE 2015-0652 Dismissal Lewis 2017 $2K → $2K
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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