Mining Incidents

Donn (Ted) Theodore Salka controller

MSHA controller ID: 0064449

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
122
citations
36
significant & substantial
$44,665
proposed penalties
$38,317
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,348 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
57
inspections on record
763
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 763 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
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$45K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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