John R Moerke controller
MSHA controller ID: M12760
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2002–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
174
citations
37
significant & substantial
$45,853
proposed penalties
$40,161
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,692 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
113
inspections on record
1,689
inspection hours
10.3
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.174 citations across 1,689 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.$46K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2018
2
2016
1
2015
1
2009
1
2004
1
2003
2
2002
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Portable #2 WA
- Portable #1 WA
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The full compliance file on John R Moerke
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.