James R Howell Jr controller
MSHA controller ID: M34388
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1987–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
220
citations
52
significant & substantial
$78,508
proposed penalties
$61,814
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,694 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
105
inspections on record
1,066
inspection hours
20.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.220 citations across 1,066 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$79K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
219 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2013
1
2008
1
2002
1
1991
1
1990
1
1989
1
1988
5
1987
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on James R Howell Jr
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.