Mining Incidents

Howard J Wenger controller

MSHA controller ID: M09156

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1990–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
277
citations
61
significant & substantial
$48,188
proposed penalties
$48,188
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
130
inspections on record
1,827
inspection hours
15.2
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.
277 citations across 1,827 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
271 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1
2012
1
2007
2
2001
1
1998
1
1991
2
1990
2

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Mines on record

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