David Welch; Paul Welch controller
MSHA controller ID: 0147161
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2019–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
54
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,526
proposed penalties
$10,853
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,673 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
16
inspections on record
322
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 322 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
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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.$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2023
3
2022
4
2021
1
2019
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on David Welch; Paul Welch
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.