Mining Incidents

Melvin D Clark controller

MSHA controller ID: M36147

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2020–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
190
citations
33
significant & substantial
$44,660
proposed penalties
$43,920
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $740 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
87
inspections on record
1,192
inspection hours
15.9
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.
190 citations across 1,192 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
188 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1
2020
1

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Mines on record

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