Gary Dotson controller
MSHA controller ID: C00283
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 78
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 1986–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,370
citations
288
significant & substantial
$383,923
proposed penalties
$229,182
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $154,741 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
324
inspections on record
20,858
inspection hours
6.6
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.1,370 citations across 20,858 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.$384K
proposed penalties
$266K
current assessed
$229K
paid to date
$37K
outstanding
1,353 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 22 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 19 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2023
1
2019
2
2018
2
2016
1
2014
2
2013
1
2009
3
2008
1
2007
1
2006
3
2005
2
2004
3
2003
3
2002
4
2001
6
2000
7
1998
1
1997
4
1996
4
1995
2
1994
1
1993
2
1992
4
1991
3
1990
2
1989
2
1988
1
1987
7
1986
3
Operators under this controller
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