Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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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

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