Mining Incidents

Milton O Blankenship controller

MSHA controller ID: M03377

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
224
citations
76
significant & substantial
$71,351
proposed penalties
$71,036
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $315 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
128
inspections on record
1,364
inspection hours
16.4
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.
224 citations across 1,364 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.
$71K
proposed penalties
$71K
current assessed
$71K
paid to date
$315
outstanding
217 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this controller.

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