Mining Incidents

Danny Dean controller

MSHA controller ID: 0160343

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
90
citations
18
significant & substantial
$102,790
proposed penalties
$50,841
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,949 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
28
inspections on record
902
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 902 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$103K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
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