Mining Incidents

Greg Bruening controller

MSHA controller ID: M00064

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
35
Mines on record
12
Years on record
1991–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,870
citations
470
significant & substantial
$793,065
proposed penalties
$710,329
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $82,736 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
835
inspections on record
12,039
inspection hours
15.5
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.
1,870 citations across 12,039 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.
$793K
proposed penalties
$717K
current assessed
$710K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
1,836 assessments are final orders; 58 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
4
2019
1
2018
1
2016
1
2013
1
2011
3
2010
2
2007
2
2002
3
2000
2
1999
5
1998
5
1995
1
1992
3
1991
1

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