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Del Rio Inc: 18 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Stanley R Ditty
MSHA operator ID: P21754

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
271
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1989–2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,419
proposed penalties
$3,344
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,075 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
181
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: 181 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-15.
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.
58.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
58.8%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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: 2012-06-06, 14 years ago
81%
within 1.5 mg/m3
27
samples
4.33
dust max (mg/m3)
13 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 14 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR17
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)1

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-03-21, 26 years ago
8.7
silica avg (%)
2
samples
9.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
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: 2000-03-15, 26 years ago
25%
over PEL
4
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
  • BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN1
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
KENT20000270 Settlement Zielinski 2001 $2K → $758
KENT20010042 Settlement Bulluck 2001 $2K → $557
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2000
3
1999
9
1998
13
1997
18
1996
30
1995
37
1994
35
1993
29
1992
32
1991
26
1990
37
1989
2

Mines on record

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Where Del Rio Inc 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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