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L M M Inc: 10 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Alvin E Naugle Jr
MSHA operator ID: P23580

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1999–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$572
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $517 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
213
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: 213 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.
$572
proposed penalties
$572
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$517
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-26.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% 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: 2002-07-10, 24 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
31
samples
1.78
dust max (mg/m3)
16 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 15 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR21
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR5
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-12-21, 24 years ago
9.8
silica avg (%)
2
samples
12.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
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: 2001-12-17, 24 years ago
25%
over PEL
8
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR5
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR2
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
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
PENN20020021 Withdrawal 2001 $55 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
1
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1

Mines on record

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Where L M M 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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