Mining Incidents

Chris Galpin; John Holmes controller

MSHA controller ID: M14152

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2005–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
246
citations
61
significant & substantial
$55,171
proposed penalties
$46,706
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,465 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
140
inspections on record
1,859
inspection hours
13.2
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.
246 citations across 1,859 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
241 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
2
2018
1
2017
1
2005
1

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Mines on record

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