Mining Incidents

David K Stark controller

MSHA controller ID: M38730

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1989–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
140
citations
25
significant & substantial
$26,885
proposed penalties
$20,865
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,020 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
93
inspections on record
1,144
inspection hours
12.2
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.
140 citations across 1,144 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2016
1
2015
1
2012
1
2011
1
2009
1
2007
1
2005
1
2002
1
2001
1
1992
1
1989
1

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