Mining Incidents

Frank Agar; Richard Coats controller

MSHA controller ID: 0121621

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2016–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
63
citations
8
significant & substantial
$16,556
proposed penalties
$16,556
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
28
inspections on record
617
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: 617 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
2
2022
1
2021
1
2019
2
2018
1
2017
3
2016
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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