Mining Incidents

Richard E Pierson controller

MSHA controller ID: M08900

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1995–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
286
citations
62
significant & substantial
$100,497
proposed penalties
$65,855
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34,642 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
189
inspections on record
2,886
inspection hours
9.9
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.
286 citations across 2,886 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.
$100K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$66K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
280 assessments are final orders; 38 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
2
2023
3
2022
2
2021
1
2020
2
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2016
1
2015
3
2012
1
2011
1
2009
2
1999
1
1997
1
1995
1

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