John H Waters controller
MSHA controller ID: M08888
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 83
- Mines on record
- 11
- Years on record
- 1990–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
594
citations
116
significant & substantial
$305,218
proposed penalties
$229,057
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $76,161 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
218
inspections on record
4,233
inspection hours
14.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.594 citations across 4,233 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$305K
proposed penalties
$265K
current assessed
$229K
paid to date
$36K
outstanding
563 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 27 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 17 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 3 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
9
2024
13
2023
4
2022
3
2021
6
2020
1
2019
1
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
4
2014
2
2013
10
2004
1
1998
1
1997
1
1996
2
1995
2
1994
2
1993
2
1992
1
1991
5
1990
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on John H Waters
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.