Mining Incidents

John Miller; Wade Miller controller

MSHA controller ID: 0195401

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
52
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,195
proposed penalties
$6,908
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,287 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
22
inspections on record
291
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 291 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
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Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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