Mining Incidents

Guy W Copenhaver; Matt Lee Copenhaver controller

MSHA controller ID: M13381

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2004–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
371
citations
107
significant & substantial
$258,563
proposed penalties
$183,378
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $75,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
113
inspections on record
2,050
inspection hours
18.1
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.
371 citations across 2,050 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.
$259K
proposed penalties
$197K
current assessed
$183K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
349 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1
2021
1
2019
1
2017
1
2008
1
2005
1
2004
1

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