Mining Incidents

Frank J Smith Jr controller

MSHA controller ID: M03361

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1994–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
334
citations
147
significant & substantial
$132,736
proposed penalties
$110,524
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $22,212 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
134
inspections on record
1,718
inspection hours
19.4
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.
334 citations across 1,718 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.
$133K
proposed penalties
$111K
current assessed
$111K
paid to date
$13
outstanding
330 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
1
2000
2
1998
1
1994
2

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