Pinnacle Resources Llc · Fall from machine
DRIVER WAS ON TOP OF THE TRUCK BED REMOVING SLATE ROCK FROM THE COAL. SOMETHING HAPPENED CAUSINGTHE DRIVER TO FALL FROM THE TRUCK LANDING ON HISHEAD.
Pinnacle Resources Llc: 1 recorded fatality operator
Controlled by
Charles D Litton
MSHA operator ID: P24517
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
28
significant & substantial
$12,465
proposed penalties
$11,215
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,250 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
794
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 794 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
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.50.0%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
49.1%
reasonably likely or greater
61.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 96.4% moderate, 3.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2003
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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.1.91
total case rate
1.91
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1.91 | 1.91 | 0.000 |
| 2002 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2001 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 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
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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
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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: 2003-11-04, 22 years ago
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
40
samples
0.68
dust max (mg/m3)
40 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER15
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR6
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE6
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2003-07-16, 23 years ago19.6
silica avg (%)
2
samples
25.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
Noise
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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: 2003-11-05, 22 years ago
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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.0%
over PEL
24
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR3
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA 2004-42 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2004 | $5K → $4K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 1 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
1
2000
1 (1f)
1997
2
1996
2
1995
3
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Pinnacle Resources Llc 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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