Doe Run Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
APPROXIMATELY 1:35 PM ON 12/06/2022, EE WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND AFTER BEING STRUCK BY REAR OPPOSITE OPERATOR SIDE TIRE. INVESTIGATION IN ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
Renco Group: 7 recorded fatalities controller
MSHA controller ID: M10271
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8,437
citations
2,034
significant & substantial
$4,628,320
proposed penalties
$3,834,578
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $793,742 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,763
inspections on record
75,872
inspection hours
11.1
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.8,437 citations across 75,872 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.4
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-07-18.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.$4.6M
proposed penalties
$4.0M
current assessed
$3.8M
paid to date
$208K
outstanding
8,246 assessments are final orders; 173 contested dockets.
Of $1.2M in penalties contested before the Commission, $645K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.24.4%
significant & substantial
6.3%
high negligence or reckless
24.4%
reasonably likely or greater
52.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.2% low, 79.5% moderate, 6.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2025
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.5.69
total case rate
0.30
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.71 | 1.50 | 0.000 |
| 2025 | 5.69 | 0.30 | 0.000 |
| 2024 | 4.78 | 1.12 | 0.000 |
| 2023 | 4.76 | 0.29 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 4.24 | 0.27 | 0.137 |
| 2021 | 5.30 | 0.59 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 6.09 | 0.68 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 4.40 | 0.80 | 0.000 |
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-08-04
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1,722
samples
1,503
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Diesel particulate (total carbon)465126 over
- Lead, inorganic dust38052 over
- Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.13048 over
- Total Carbon,TC13048 over
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2026-08-04113
samples
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
629
citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
- Settled 489 · 78%
- Stood as issued 104 · 17%
- Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 0%
- Still open 35 · 6%
69%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 345 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1.2M proposed, $626K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-08-16. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this controller contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2008-151M | Settlement | Manning | 2009 | $163K → $74K |
| CENT 2016-0355 | Settlement | Simonton | 2018 | $55K → $7K |
| CENT 2008-649M | Settlement | 2009 | $45K → $15K | |
| CENT 2010-654M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2011 | $44K → $26K |
| CENT 2010-1115M | Settlement | Lewis | 2011 | $32K → $7K |
| CENT 2011-183M | Settlement | McCarthy | 2012 | $31K → $31K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 91 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 fatalities · 26 non-fatal
- HOISTING 1 fatality · 215 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 87 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 268 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 204 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
19
2025
41
2024
41
2023
35
2022
31 (1f)
2021
39
2020
47
2019
38
2018
46
2017
52
2016
62
2015
58 (1f)
2014
44
2013
36
2012
18
2011
24
2010
35
2009
31 (1f)
2008
31
2007
33 (1f)
2006
28
2005
36
2004
46
2003
28
2002
32
2001
51
2000
49
1999
63 (1f)
1998
61 (1f)
1997
59
1996
82
1995
54
1994
50 (1f)
Operators under this controller
- The Doe Run Company 1000
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
7 recorded
January 21, 2015
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
The Doe Run Company · Struck by falling object
EE was fatally injured while performing the standard practice of scaling loose material using a mechanical scaler. Loose material fell from the back contacting the scaler and employee.
June 11, 2009
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Doe Run Resources Corp dba Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was looking for hydraulic leak and was struck in head by eject all plate. Employee received a massive head trauma and later became a fatality.
April 3, 2007
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
The Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The worker was in process of adding Material to the base of the tailings dam at Brushy Creek Mine. The moxy haul truck was going down the slope of the dam when the driver lost control. As he tried to negotiate the turn near the bottom, the truck rolled over and landed on side in a 6' deep seep pond. Diver's body was found pinned under truck and in water.
October 18, 1999
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · HOISTING
Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE PRODUCTION SHAFT WHEN HIS LANYARD APPARENTLY HUNG UP, RESULTING IN EMPLOYEE SUSTAINING FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES FROM PRESSURE RECEIVED FROM SAFETY "O" RING BELT.
January 19, 1998
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
The Doe Run Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A FALL OF GROUND. AREA HAD BEEN INSPECTED BY SEVERAL EXPERIENCED MINERS AND CONSIDERED ABSOLUTELY SAFE. IMMEDIATE AREA HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN AND BARRICADED OFF .
June 27, 1994
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
The Doe Run Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND THE INJURED PERSON WERE BACKING PETTIBONE HYDRO CARRIER UP INCLINE TO WORK AREA W62-56 STOPE. PETTIBONE LOST POWER AND STARTED DOWN INCLINE, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 60 FT. STRIKING LEFT RIB THEN TURNED OVER ON RIGHT SIDE CRUSHING PASSENGER UNDER EDGE OF CANOPY AND SUPPORT FRAME. [INJURED WAS THE PASSENGER]
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where Renco Group stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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