Alan B Cheney controller
MSHA controller ID: M31753
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 129
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
397
citations
92
significant & substantial
$108,690
proposed penalties
$99,127
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,563 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
134
inspections on record
2,973
inspection hours
13.4
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.397 citations across 2,973 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.$109K
proposed penalties
$99K
current assessed
$99K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
393 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 38 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 27 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 20 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 17 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
- OTHER 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
2
2023
1
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2018
3
2017
1
2015
2
2014
6
2013
3
2012
2
2011
5
2010
7
2009
5
2008
1
2007
4
2006
2
2005
11
2004
1
2003
4
2002
3
2001
2
2000
3
1999
2
1998
4
1997
3
1996
2
1995
3
1994
6
1993
2
1991
5
1990
1
1989
3
1988
4
1987
6
1986
4
1985
1
1984
3
1983
6
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Alan B Cheney
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.