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
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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
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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.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- NONPOWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
1
2024
1
2023
2
2022
1
2021
5
2020
3
2016
1
2015
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Doug Walterscheid
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.