James W Cooper controller
MSHA controller ID: C07018
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 35
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1987–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
218
citations
67
significant & substantial
$33,694
proposed penalties
$32,875
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $819 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
239
inspections on record
6,636
inspection hours
3.3
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.218 citations across 6,636 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.$34K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
214 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2020
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2015
1
2014
3
2012
2
2011
1
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
2
1994
2
1992
2
1991
2
1990
2
1987
1
Operators under this controller
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The full compliance file on James W Cooper
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.