David L Donelson controller
MSHA controller ID: M31929
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 21
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1986–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
101
citations
18
significant & substantial
$11,371
proposed penalties
$10,698
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $673 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
74
inspections on record
1,127
inspection hours
9.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.101 citations across 1,127 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$673
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2024
1
2020
1
2011
1
2010
1
2008
1
2006
1
2005
1
1998
2
1997
1
1994
1
1993
2
1992
2
1991
2
1989
1
1988
1
1986
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on David L Donelson
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.