Mining Incidents

Jeff Hines controller

MSHA controller ID: M12163

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2006–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
359
citations
112
significant & substantial
$184,550
proposed penalties
$145,321
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,229 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
94
inspections on record
1,539
inspection hours
23.3
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.
359 citations across 1,539 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.
$185K
proposed penalties
$152K
current assessed
$145K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
356 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
1
2006
1

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Mines on record

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