Mining Incidents

Carlos Ortiz Brunet controller

MSHA controller ID: M05645

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
129
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1984–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
316
citations
109
significant & substantial
$128,516
proposed penalties
$101,522
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,994 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
375
inspections on record
3,745
inspection hours
8.4
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.
316 citations across 3,745 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.
$129K
proposed penalties
$106K
current assessed
$102K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
306 assessments are final orders; 34 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
3
2025
5
2024
2
2023
2
2022
4
2021
3
2020
3
2019
1
2018
1
2015
1
2014
3
2013
5
2012
8
2011
2
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
4
2006
1
2005
3
2004
5
2003
4
2002
6
2001
8
2000
4
1999
4
1998
3
1997
2
1996
11
1995
4
1994
4
1993
3
1992
5
1991
5
1990
2
1988
2
1984
1

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