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Dean Fischer controller

MSHA controller ID: M31210

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1983–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
203
citations
35
significant & substantial
$49,662
proposed penalties
$48,899
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $763 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
124
inspections on record
1,284
inspection hours
15.8
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.
203 citations across 1,284 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$50K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$755
outstanding
194 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2022
1
2018
1
2017
1
1997
1 (1f)
1994
1
1993
1
1989
1
1983
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
July 9, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Brauntex Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object

DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

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