Mining Incidents

Tom Halquist; Bill Halquist controller

MSHA controller ID: M00836

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
147
Mines on record
11
Years on record
1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
297
citations
41
significant & substantial
$37,912
proposed penalties
$36,214
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,698 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
412
inspections on record
5,344
inspection hours
5.6
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.
297 citations across 5,344 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
297 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
5
2025
3
2024
7
2023
4
2022
4
2021
11
2020
5
2019
5
2018
4
2017
4
2016
9
2015
3
2014
1
2013
3
2012
1
2011
2
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
7
2006
7
2003
1
2001
1
1998
1
1995
1
1994
6
1993
4
1992
4
1991
9
1990
3
1989
8
1988
4
1987
6
1986
3
1985
3
1984
2
1983
1

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