Mining Incidents

John D Ellis controller

MSHA controller ID: M10575

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2003–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
306
citations
87
significant & substantial
$87,605
proposed penalties
$77,780
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,825 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
134
inspections on record
1,767
inspection hours
17.3
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.
306 citations across 1,767 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.
$88K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$78K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
301 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2007
2
2003
1

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Mines on record

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