Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken controller
MSHA controller ID: M08470
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 85
- Mines on record
- 10
- Years on record
- 1989–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
449
citations
95
significant & substantial
$69,307
proposed penalties
$68,703
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
328
inspections on record
4,920
inspection hours
9.1
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.449 citations across 4,920 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.$69K
proposed penalties
$69K
current assessed
$69K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
438 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 24 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 22 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 14 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
3
2024
2
2022
2
2020
1
2019
6
2017
3
2016
1
2015
1
2014
2
2013
3
2012
2
2011
4
2010
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
5
2004
4
2003
2
2002
5
2001
7
2000
3
1999
5
1998
6
1997
3
1996
3
1995
2
1994
1
1991
2
1989
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
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.