Frank J Colitz controller
MSHA controller ID: M01568
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 121
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1985–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
164
citations
40
significant & substantial
$29,536
proposed penalties
$23,706
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,830 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
185
inspections on record
2,285
inspection hours
7.2
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.164 citations across 2,285 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.$30K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
163 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 34 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 31 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
- OTHER 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2024
3
2023
2
2022
5
2019
3
2018
1
2017
2
2016
1
2015
2
2014
1
2013
4
2012
6
2011
4
2010
1
2009
3
2008
4
2007
7
2006
8
2005
5
2004
2
2003
6
2001
1
2000
1
1999
4
1998
3
1997
3
1996
1
1995
1
1994
6
1993
2
1992
2
1991
1
1990
5
1989
3
1988
5
1987
3
1986
5
1985
4
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Lecanto Mine FL
- Red Level Mine FL
- Maylen Mine FL
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The full compliance file on Frank J Colitz
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.