Mining Incidents

Vicki Salyer: 61 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: C15109

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1996–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
61
citations
40
significant & substantial
$6,446
proposed penalties
$6,443
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
119
inspections on record
1,241
inspection hours
4.9
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.
61 citations across 1,241 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$3
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-21.
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.
65.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
65.6%
reasonably likely or greater
31.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.2% low, 91.8% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2011-06-21, 15 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
44
samples
2.88
dust max (mg/m3)
44 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER HELPER21
  • AUGER OPERATOR21
  • SUPERINTENDENT1

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: 2011-03-23, 15 years ago
36%
over PEL
42
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR20
  • AUGER HELPER19
  • UTILITY MAN2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
1
1996
1

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Where Vicki Salyer 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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