Mining Incidents

Joseph Murphy controller

MSHA controller ID: M00687

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
129
Mines on record
15
Years on record
1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
407
citations
71
significant & substantial
$45,509
proposed penalties
$45,509
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
466
inspections on record
5,194
inspection hours
7.8
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.
407 citations across 5,194 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
404 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
2
2024
2
2023
3
2022
2
2021
2
2019
1
2008
2
2007
8
2006
5
2005
1
2004
4
2003
5
2002
8
2001
3
2000
3
1999
3
1998
7
1997
2
1996
5
1994
1
1993
7
1992
4
1991
2
1990
7
1989
2
1988
5
1987
9
1986
3
1985
9
1984
4
1983
7

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