Mining Incidents

CM Energy Facilities Limited Partnership: 8 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Scott Kiscaden
MSHA operator ID: 0149933

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2017–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,034
proposed penalties
$407
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $627 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
7
inspections on record
293
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: 293 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$407
paid to date
$627
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $264 in penalties contested before the Commission, $264 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-05.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
12.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 62.5% low, 25.0% moderate, 12.5% 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: 2019-11-19, 6 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
1.39
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.
29 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 10 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR16
  • UTILITY MAN7
  • CLEANUP MAN4

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2019-02-26, 7 years ago
1.0
silica avg (%)
3
samples
2.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR3

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: 2019-02-19, 7 years ago
32%
over PEL
19
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ELECTRICIAN4
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$264 proposed, $264 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 2017-10-25. 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 operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2018-0045 Settlement Gill 2018 $264 → $264
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
2
2017
1

Mines on record

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Where CM Energy Facilities Limited Partnership stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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