Rick Joy controller
MSHA controller ID: 0040602
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2013–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
104
citations
18
significant & substantial
$15,651
proposed penalties
$13,503
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,148 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
159
inspections on record
1,422
inspection hours
7.3
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.104 citations across 1,422 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.$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
1
2024
1
2022
1
2018
2
2013
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Rick Joy
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.