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Rick Trapp; Nick Trapp controller

MSHA controller ID: 0192840

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$8,627
proposed penalties
$921
paid to date
11% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,706 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
11
inspections on record
201
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 201 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$921
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
August 7, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Highpoint Sand and Gravel LLC · Struck against a moving object

UNKNOWN AT TIME OF REPORT. A miner died when the front-end loader EE was operating went over a highwall and fell approximately 70 feet.

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