Mining Incidents

Daniel Groenke controller

MSHA controller ID: M08960

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
203
citations
39
significant & substantial
$28,548
proposed penalties
$24,948
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,600 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
183
inspections on record
1,744
inspection hours
11.6
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.
203 citations across 1,744 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
193 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1991
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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