Mining Incidents

Patrick Wimme controller

MSHA controller ID: M40322

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1984–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
129
citations
18
significant & substantial
$27,317
proposed penalties
$25,572
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,745 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
979
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: 979 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
1
1999
1
1994
1
1991
1
1990
3
1989
1
1988
1
1987
1
1986
5
1985
2
1984
1

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