Ben G Kates controller
MSHA controller ID: M05857
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 29
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
455
citations
120
significant & substantial
$137,411
proposed penalties
$136,893
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $518 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
192
inspections on record
2,350
inspection hours
19.4
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.455 citations across 2,350 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.$137K
proposed penalties
$137K
current assessed
$137K
paid to date
$11
outstanding
453 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2017
2
2013
3
2011
4
2010
1
2009
3
2008
1
2007
1
2005
1
2004
1
1995
1
1991
7
1989
2
1988
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Ben G Kates
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.