Mining Incidents

John A Decker; Tim Decker controller

MSHA controller ID: C11729

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1994–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
139
citations
60
significant & substantial
$17,236
proposed penalties
$16,970
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $266 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
187
inspections on record
3,694
inspection hours
3.8
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.
139 citations across 3,694 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2018
2
2015
1
2007
1
2005
1
2004
1
1999
1
1994
1

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Mines on record

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