Mining Incidents

Donald J Mueller controller

MSHA controller ID: 0113029

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2017–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
196
citations
34
significant & substantial
$45,890
proposed penalties
$41,295
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,595 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
72
inspections on record
1,026
inspection hours
19.1
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.
196 citations across 1,026 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
2
2020
1
2019
1
2017
2

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