Michael D Pursell controller
MSHA controller ID: M13545
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2002–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
117
citations
32
significant & substantial
$23,681
proposed penalties
$23,681
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
80
inspections on record
1,311
inspection hours
8.9
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.117 citations across 1,311 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.$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2019
1
2014
1
2009
1
2008
2
2003
1
2002
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Michael D Pursell
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.