Mining Incidents

James D Duff; James S Duff controller

MSHA controller ID: 0115561

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2016–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
60
citations
11
significant & substantial
$14,684
proposed penalties
$13,415
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,269 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
33
inspections on record
637
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 637 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
2
2021
1
2017
1
2016
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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