Mining Incidents

Doug Walterscheid controller

MSHA controller ID: 0058711

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2015–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
430
citations
111
significant & substantial
$205,157
proposed penalties
$163,706
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,451 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
201
inspections on record
2,946
inspection hours
14.6
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.
430 citations across 2,946 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.
$205K
proposed penalties
$171K
current assessed
$164K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
424 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
1
2024
1
2023
2
2022
1
2021
5
2020
3
2016
1
2015
1

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