Mining Incidents

Matthew Chavarria controller

MSHA controller ID: M14156

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
206
citations
60
significant & substantial
$142,863
proposed penalties
$106,879
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,984 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
66
inspections on record
873
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 873 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$143K
proposed penalties
$108K
current assessed
$107K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
198 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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