Mining Incidents

Sam W Tiche controller

MSHA controller ID: 0040480

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
164
citations
62
significant & substantial
$62,141
proposed penalties
$14,218
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $47,923 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
56
inspections on record
1,052
inspection hours
15.6
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.
164 citations across 1,052 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$23K
outstanding
154 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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