Mining Incidents

Berkshire Hathaway Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: M13643

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
52
Mines on record
10
Years on record
2000–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
360
citations
40
significant & substantial
$44,315
proposed penalties
$42,443
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,872 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
699
inspections on record
6,703
inspection hours
5.4
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.
360 citations across 6,703 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$906
outstanding
348 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2015
8
2014
1
2012
2
2011
1
2009
2
2008
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
4
2003
3
2002
5
2001
6
2000
4

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