Mining Incidents

David Z Walters controller

MSHA controller ID: M04122

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1995–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
296
citations
60
significant & substantial
$48,840
proposed penalties
$48,449
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $391 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
206
inspections on record
2,641
inspection hours
11.2
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.
296 citations across 2,641 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$153
outstanding
294 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
2
2020
1
2019
1
2016
2
2015
2
2013
1
2007
1
2004
1
2000
1
1995
2

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Mines on record

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