Mining Incidents

Michael Buyers; Bradley Buyers controller

MSHA controller ID: 0151361

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
48
citations
8
significant & substantial
$9,283
proposed penalties
$7,413
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,870 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
18
inspections on record
408
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: 408 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$375
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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