Mining Incidents

Mark Popple; David Popple controller

MSHA controller ID: C15340

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2003–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
230
citations
53
significant & substantial
$31,820
proposed penalties
$27,439
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,382 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
323
inspections on record
7,144
inspection hours
3.2
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.
230 citations across 7,144 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$369
outstanding
227 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2022
1
2018
1
2017
6
2016
1
2013
1
2010
1
2004
1
2003
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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