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William K Abraham: 244 MSHA citations controller

MSHA controller ID: 0143381

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2019–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
244
citations
61
significant & substantial
$47,433
proposed penalties
$4,556
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $42,877 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
91
inspections on record
3,824
inspection hours
6.4
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.
244 citations across 3,824 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.
$47K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$43K
outstanding
221 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-10.
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.
27.2%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
27.2%
reasonably likely or greater
13.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.6% low, 92.0% moderate, 4.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
2.50
total case rate
2.50
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.35 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2021 * 2.50 2.50 0.000
2020 7.58 6.07 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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: 2024-05-02
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
349
samples
2.31
dust max (mg/m3)
2
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.
124 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 225 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR124
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)60
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR35

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2023-03-20, 3 years ago
7.1
silica avg (%)
27
samples
29.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR7
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR7
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)6
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: 2024-05-02
6%
over PEL
67
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR11
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER9
  • UTILITY MAN6
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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2021
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2020
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2019
2

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Where William K Abraham stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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