Mining Incidents

Josh Young controller

MSHA controller ID: 0146161

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2019–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
525
citations
64
significant & substantial
$120,303
proposed penalties
$9,697
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110,606 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
37
inspections on record
6,968
inspection hours
7.5
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.
525 citations across 6,968 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.
$120K
proposed penalties
$106K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$96K
outstanding
517 assessments are final orders; 45 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
3
2022
2
2021
7
2020
4
2019
2

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