10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $76,003 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
5
inspections on record
479
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: 479 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.
$85K
proposed penalties
$85K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$76K
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $945 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-19.
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.
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: 2006-04-14, 20 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
5.09
dust max (mg/m3)
18 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 16 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR17
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5
SCOOP CAR OPERATOR3
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘ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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 92%
Stood as issued
1 · 8%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $945 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 2006-03-09. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
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.
April 20, 2006KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tri Star Coal L.L.C. · Struck by falling object
Employee was walking to his shuttle car when draw rock fell from top pinning lower half of his body underneath. Rock was 20' long, 86" wide, 6.5" thick.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Tri Star Coal L.L.C. 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.