Ron J Vetter; Donn J Vetter controller
MSHA controller ID: M01727
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 65
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
275
citations
61
significant & substantial
$44,562
proposed penalties
$44,106
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $456 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
232
inspections on record
4,659
inspection hours
5.9
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.275 citations across 4,659 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.$45K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
270 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 22 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
2
2024
3
2014
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
2
2003
1
2001
1
2000
2
1999
5
1998
4
1997
2
1996
5
1995
4
1994
6
1993
2
1992
7
1991
6
1987
2
1986
3
1983
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Ron J Vetter; Donn J Vetter
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.