Mining Incidents

John F Steele Jr controller

MSHA controller ID: M00813

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
321
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1983–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
674
citations
204
significant & substantial
$296,148
proposed penalties
$221,681
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $74,467 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
274
inspections on record
6,273
inspection hours
10.7
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.
674 citations across 6,273 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.
$296K
proposed penalties
$223K
current assessed
$222K
paid to date
$981
outstanding
661 assessments are final orders; 24 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
5
2024
4
2023
3
2022
4
2021
4
2020
4
2019
6
2018
7
2017
5
2016
4
2015
4
2014
4
2013
4
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
8
2008
7
2007
18
2006
8
2005
7
2004
6
2003
6
2002
11
2001
14
2000
8
1999
10
1998
12
1997
14
1996
9
1995
17
1994
16
1993
13
1992
13
1991
7
1990
14
1989
14
1988
11
1987
6
1986
2
1985
2
1984
1
1983
2

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