Mining Incidents

Rick E Bender; Richard Boyer controller

MSHA controller ID: 0042975

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2011–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
72
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,871
proposed penalties
$7,871
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
71
inspections on record
2,557
inspection hours
2.8
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.
72 citations across 2,557 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2024
1
2012
1
2011
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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