Mining Incidents

James J Wayland controller

MSHA controller ID: 0081953

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2012–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
238
citations
61
significant & substantial
$269,972
proposed penalties
$137,255
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $132,717 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
80
inspections on record
4,905
inspection hours
4.9
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.
238 citations across 4,905 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.
$270K
proposed penalties
$137K
current assessed
$137K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
233 assessments are final orders; 44 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
3
2022
3
2021
2
2020
3
2019
4
2018
3
2017
2
2016
5
2015
2
2014
7
2013
3
2012
1

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Mines on record

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