Mining Incidents

Douglas R Casella controller

MSHA controller ID: M12170

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2004–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
228
citations
45
significant & substantial
$22,681
proposed penalties
$21,193
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,488 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
218
inspections on record
1,950
inspection hours
11.7
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.
228 citations across 1,950 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
222 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2023
1
2021
1
2005
2
2004
1

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