Mining Incidents

Danny Tezak; Rhonda Lewis controller

MSHA controller ID: 0122981

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
13
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,286
proposed penalties
$1,543
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $743 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
35
inspections on record
350
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: 350 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$743
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2016
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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