Mining Incidents

Michael E Waycaster controller

MSHA controller ID: M40136

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,351
proposed penalties
$1,851
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
596
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: 596 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
1
1999
1
1995
1
1993
2
1989
1

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