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Steve Wolford: 1 recorded fatality controller

MSHA controller ID: C14725

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
77
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1993–2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
277
citations
58
significant & substantial
$57,491
proposed penalties
$57,491
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
2,654
inspection hours
10.4
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.
277 citations across 2,654 inspection hours.
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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
274 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-17.
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.
21.2%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
24.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.0% low, 73.4% moderate, 3.6% 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: 2012-01-06, 14 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
2.55
dust max (mg/m3)
19 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 28 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR23
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)4
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2011-11-01, 14 years ago
5.6
silica avg (%)
3
samples
6.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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: 2011-10-20, 14 years ago
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • TRACTOR OPERATOR/MOTORMAN2
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2000
2
1999
9
1998
14
1997
10
1996
10
1995
15
1994
10 (1f)
1993
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
October 24, 1994 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Bay Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURN INTO HEADING #4, WHEN HE SAW LIGHT. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND INJURED INFLICTED WITH HEAD INJURIES.

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Where Steve Wolford 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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