Jay Smith controller
MSHA controller ID: 0143121
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 1987–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
271
citations
42
significant & substantial
$83,953
proposed penalties
$72,463
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,490 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
97
inspections on record
1,971
inspection hours
13.7
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.271 citations across 1,971 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.$84K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
257 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
3
2024
2
2023
1
2020
2
1996
2
1994
2
1991
1
1990
2
1987
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Jay Smith
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.