Mining Incidents

Jason Messmer; Randy Rognlin controller

MSHA controller ID: 0137981

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
91
citations
20
significant & substantial
$15,695
proposed penalties
$15,695
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
80
inspections on record
1,002
inspection hours
9.1
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.
91 citations across 1,002 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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