Mining Incidents

Mark LaVerghetta controller

MSHA controller ID: 0161421

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2021–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
532
citations
137
significant & substantial
$220,376
proposed penalties
$3,486
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $216,890 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
169
inspections on record
5,367
inspection hours
9.9
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.
532 citations across 5,367 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.
$220K
proposed penalties
$209K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$206K
outstanding
491 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
4
2022
3
2021
1

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Mines on record

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