Brad Knickel; Michael Farmar controller
MSHA controller ID: 0053829
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 36
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2008–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
205
citations
40
significant & substantial
$56,534
proposed penalties
$53,518
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,016 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
140
inspections on record
1,689
inspection hours
12.1
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.205 citations across 1,689 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.$57K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$143
outstanding
195 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 14 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
3
2024
2
2023
4
2022
1
2021
2
2019
2
2018
1
2017
3
2016
2
2015
1
2014
3
2013
1
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
2
2008
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Brad Knickel; Michael Farmar
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.