Mining Incidents

Matt Blessant controller

MSHA controller ID: M36549

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1996–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
213
citations
23
significant & substantial
$29,132
proposed penalties
$25,463
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,669 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
153
inspections on record
1,809
inspection hours
11.8
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.
213 citations across 1,809 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
206 assessments are final orders; 24 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
1
1996
1

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Mines on record

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