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
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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.286 citations across 2,886 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.$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.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 14 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
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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The full compliance file on Richard E Pierson
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.