Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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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

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