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Karen Palmer controller

MSHA controller ID: M32583

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1999–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
108
citations
20
significant & substantial
$14,290
proposed penalties
$14,290
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
74
inspections on record
1,672
inspection hours
6.5
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.
108 citations across 1,672 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
1
2023
2
2021
1
2018
1
2014
1 (1f)
2012
1
2008
1
2007
1
2005
1
2004
1
2000
3
1999
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
June 14, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was shrink wrapping a pallet with a weed burner and for some unknown reason he burned himself and was found by a co-worker in a serious burn condition. He is burned over 36% of his body including left arm, which has been amputated, and his right upper arm, chest and face. The cause of death was mucomuyosis (fungal infection).

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