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Highwall Energy Company: 12 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Kenneth L Stacy
MSHA operator ID: P24528

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
12
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,284
proposed penalties
$1,284
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
12
inspections on record
140
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: 140 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
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-05.
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.
41.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.7%
reasonably likely or greater
41.7%
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: 2003-01-28, 23 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
0.25
dust max (mg/m3)
19 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • GROUNDMAN4
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER4
  • MECHANIC4

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: 2002-07-15, 24 years ago
13%
over PEL
8
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR2
  • GROUNDMAN2
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
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Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
4

Mines on record

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Where Highwall Energy Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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