James A Kemp; Melinda S Kemp controller
MSHA controller ID: M03182
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 92
- Mines on record
- 13
- Years on record
- 1987–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,235
citations
302
significant & substantial
$446,322
proposed penalties
$377,359
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $68,963 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
580
inspections on record
8,780
inspection hours
14.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,235 citations across 8,780 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$446K
proposed penalties
$379K
current assessed
$377K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
1,209 assessments are final orders; 38 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 29 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 17 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 16 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- OTHER 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
5
2024
5
2023
1
2022
3
2021
6
2020
5
2019
1
2017
2
2016
4
2015
2
2014
4
2013
2
2012
3
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
4
2004
4
2003
1
2002
3
2001
5
2000
4
1999
1
1998
7
1997
1
1992
1
1990
4
1989
1
1988
2
1987
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- BENTON CO STONE INC AR
- Braden OK
- Pryor Stone #2 OK
- OZARK AR
- Mile-R-More OK
- Hulbert OK
- Neosho MO
- Mill Creek MO
- RVM 21 OK
- Backbone Quarry AR
- #4 OK
- Kemp Stone Company Incorporated OK
- Muskogee Sand Co, Inc OK
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The full compliance file on James A Kemp; Melinda S Kemp
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.