What are Tri-Energy, Inc.'s MSHA penalties?

Tri-Energy, Inc. has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $10K paid, and $10K outstanding.

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Tri-Energy, Inc.: 144 MSHA citations operator

MSHA operator ID: 0051881

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 0
Mines on record: 0
Years on record: —

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

144

citations

significant & substantial

$20,482

proposed penalties

$10,152

paid to date

50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,330 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2004

inspections on record

857

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: 857 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.

$20K

proposed penalties

$20K

current assessed

$10K

paid to date

$10K

outstanding

140 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

Of $800 in penalties contested before the Commission, $800 was upheld in final decisions.

As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-13.

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.

49.3%

significant & substantial

4.3%

high negligence or reckless

50.0%

reasonably likely or greater

6.4%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.7% low, 95.0% moderate, 4.3% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Injury rate, 2004

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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.

0.00

total case rate

0.00

days-away rate

0.000

fatality rate

No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.

Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.

Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.

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: 2005-05-20, 21 years ago

90%

within 1.5 mg/m3

samples

2.10

dust max (mg/m3)

37 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 34 by the operator.

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR35
CONTINUOUS MINER HELPER6
ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)6

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2005-02-09, 21 years ago

5.8

silica avg (%)

samples

6.3

silica max (%)

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2

See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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: 2005-05-05, 21 years ago

over PEL

samples

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER HELPER1
CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)1

See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

When citations were contested

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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.

1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record

Stood as issued 1 · 100%

100%

S&S designation survived the contest

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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.

of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%

Penalty reduction in decided contests

$800 proposed, $800 after decisions · industry: 39%

Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2004-09-22. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.

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 2005-1	Default	Lesnick	2005	$800 → $800

Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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Where Tri-Energy, 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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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.

Silica (quartz)

Where Tri-Energy, Inc. stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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.