Mining Incidents

Judy Sprague controller

MSHA controller ID: M00702

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
215
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1991–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
286
citations
66
significant & substantial
$129,385
proposed penalties
$110,697
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,688 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
101
inspections on record
1,782
inspection hours
16.1
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.
286 citations across 1,782 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.
$129K
proposed penalties
$111K
current assessed
$111K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
277 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
3
2024
9
2023
1
2021
2
2019
2
2018
7
2017
8
2016
8
2015
7
2014
15
2013
4
2012
4
2011
4
2010
3
2009
10
2008
12
2007
24
2006
15
2005
15
2004
5
2003
14
2002
4
2001
7
2000
4
1999
10
1998
1
1997
6
1996
1
1995
1
1994
5
1993
2
1991
1

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