S & M Coal Company: 157 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Darryl Koperna
MSHA operator ID: P05524
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1990–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
58
significant & substantial
$216,476
proposed penalties
$102
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $216,374 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
152
inspections on record
3,450
inspection hours
4.6
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.157 citations across 3,450 inspection hours.
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.$216K
proposed penalties
$216K
current assessed
$102
paid to date
$216K
outstanding
126 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-11-07.
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.46.0%
significant & substantial
26.2%
high negligence or reckless
46.0%
reasonably likely or greater
10.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.3% low, 67.5% moderate, 24.6% high, 1.6% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2013-02-20, 13 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
272
samples
2.09
dust max (mg/m3)
135 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 137 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HAND LOADERS169
- LABORER48
- HOIST ENGINEER/OPERATOR20
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2012-04-11, 14 years ago0.8
silica avg (%)
1
samples
0.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- HAND LOADERS1
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: 2012-01-12, 14 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
37
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- LABORER18
- HAND LOADERS10
- HOIST ENGINEER/OPERATOR8
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2008
2
1990
1
Mines on record
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Where S & M Coal Company 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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