Mining Incidents

Darin J Christensen controller

MSHA controller ID: M13255

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
284
citations
76
significant & substantial
$254,618
proposed penalties
$198,063
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $56,555 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,365
inspection hours
20.8
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.
284 citations across 1,365 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.
$255K
proposed penalties
$199K
current assessed
$198K
paid to date
$497
outstanding
267 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1

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Mines on record

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