What are Nyrstar NV's MSHA penalties?

Nyrstar NV has $2.5M in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $2.2M paid, and $0 outstanding.

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Nyrstar NV controller

MSHA controller ID: 0086813

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Fatalities: 3
Total incidents: 437
Mines on record: 7
Years on record: 2009–2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2009

3,509

citations

960

significant & substantial

$2,508,059

proposed penalties

$2,188,251

paid to date

87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $319,808 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2009

1,051

inspections on record

44,997

inspection hours

7.8

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.

3,509 citations across 44,997 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.

$2.5M

proposed penalties

$2.2M

current assessed

$2.2M

paid to date

outstanding

3,423 assessments are final orders; 79 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-05.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 63 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 fatality · 16 non-fatal
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 11 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 113 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 91 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 45 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded

July 13, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was conducting ground control measures when a rock fell striking the employee while high scaling.

May 18, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A group solely comprised of RWS contractors [MSHA Contractor ID B5045] was working in the mine. A pump sitting on a trailer was moved by RWS contractors by a telehandler, without notification to Nyrstar. RWS hitched the trailer to their telehandler. RWS pulled the trailer up a ramp. The trailer hitch broke. An individual RWS EE traveling on foot behind the trailer was struck

February 22, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal grizzly worker, grizzly tender, grizzlyman, chute puller, chute tapper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A rail haulage offsider was riding back to the chute to get another load when the locomotive over traveled into the chute causing fatal injuries to the offsider rail employee.

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