Mining Incidents

Jose J Espinoza; Jaime Torres controller

MSHA controller ID: M13568

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
255
citations
74
significant & substantial
$146,383
proposed penalties
$139,751
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,632 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
99
inspections on record
1,073
inspection hours
23.8
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.
255 citations across 1,073 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.
$146K
proposed penalties
$140K
current assessed
$140K
paid to date
$541
outstanding
239 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2006
1
2005
1

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