George Cowfer Jr controller
MSHA controller ID: C14171
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1992–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
225
citations
118
significant & substantial
$60,476
proposed penalties
$51,740
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,736 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
125
inspections on record
5,527
inspection hours
4.1
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.225 citations across 5,527 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.$60K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
224 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2022
1
2010
1
2007
3
2006
1
1996
1
1995
2
1992
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Hoover Job PA
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The full compliance file on George Cowfer Jr
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.