Mining Incidents

James Poeppelman controller

MSHA controller ID: M10536

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
71
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,802
proposed penalties
$7,802
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
65
inspections on record
1,024
inspection hours
6.9
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.
71 citations across 1,024 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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