Mining Incidents

Jerry Rypkema controller

MSHA controller ID: M12547

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
265
citations
46
significant & substantial
$34,980
proposed penalties
$32,298
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,682 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
129
inspections on record
1,319
inspection hours
20.1
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.
265 citations across 1,319 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
241 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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