Mining Incidents

James F Bennett controller

MSHA controller ID: M01745

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2011–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
169
citations
73
significant & substantial
$73,542
proposed penalties
$60,140
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,402 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
106
inspections on record
1,840
inspection hours
9.2
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.
169 citations across 1,840 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
163 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
3
2016
1
2012
3
2011
1

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