Walter Kuhl: 19 MSHA citations operator
MSHA operator ID: 0070972
Walter Kuhl has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $44K in penalties since 2006.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Mines on record
- 0
- Years on record
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
19
citations
5
significant & substantial
$43,524
proposed penalties
$43,403
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $121 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
30
inspections on record
322
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: 322 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.$44K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $43K in penalties contested before the Commission, $43K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-02.
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.31.2%
significant & substantial
68.8%
high negligence or reckless
31.2%
reasonably likely or greater
56.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 25.0% moderate, 62.5% high, 6.2% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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.
11
citations taken to the federal commission · 58% of citations on record
- Settled 11 · 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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$43K proposed, $43K 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 2008-02-05. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENN 2008-165M | Prevail | Melick | 2009 | $38K → $38K |
| PENN 2008-112M | Settlement | Melick | 2009 | $4K → $4K |
| PENN 2008-182M | Settlement | Melick | 2009 | $343 → $343 |
| PENN 2008-76M | Prevail | Melick | 2009 | $243 → $122 |
| PENN 2008-166M | Settlement | Melick | 2009 | $112 → $112 |
| PENN 2008-113M | Settlement | Melick | 2009 | $100 → $100 |
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 Walter Kuhl 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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