Mining Incidents

Mike Chmielewski controller

MSHA controller ID: M10935

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1995–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
164
citations
23
significant & substantial
$25,556
proposed penalties
$23,981
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,575 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
1,303
inspection hours
12.6
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.
164 citations across 1,303 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
164 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
1
2020
1
2018
2
2009
1
1999
1
1998
1
1997
1
1995
3

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