Mining Incidents

Amber Hoover; Amy Watson; James Sturrus Jr controller

MSHA controller ID: 0147701

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
166
citations
38
significant & substantial
$26,113
proposed penalties
$25,602
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $511 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
99
inspections on record
1,224
inspection hours
13.6
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.
166 citations across 1,224 inspection hours.
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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$511
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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