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G M & S Coal Corp: 146 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by John S Straka
MSHA operator ID: P23725

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
50
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1998–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
43
significant & substantial
$18,802
proposed penalties
$18,555
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $247 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
140
inspections on record
4,562
inspection hours
3.2
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.
146 citations across 4,562 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $726 in penalties contested before the Commission, $479 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-16.
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.
29.9%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
31.9%
reasonably likely or greater
9.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.2% low, 42.4% moderate, 3.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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.
10.68
total case rate
1.78
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 10.68 1.78 0.000
2003 * 10.41 2.08 0.000
2002 13.59 11.89 0.000
2001 7.46 3.73 0.000
2000 * 15.47 8.84 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: 2004-12-08, 21 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
754
samples
4.92
dust max (mg/m3)
319 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 435 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR290
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)83
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)43

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2004-11-02, 21 years ago
5.0
silica avg (%)
81
samples
19.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR34
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: 2004-08-24, 22 years ago
12%
over PEL
43
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)13
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR8
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)8
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
PENN20000211 Settlement Melick 2000 $726 → $479
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
7
2003
5
2002
11
2001
6
2000
7
1999
6
1998
8

Mines on record

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Where G M & S Coal Corp 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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