Mining Incidents

Samuel Sternheim; Seth Stern controller

MSHA controller ID: 0169141

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2022–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
32
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,793
proposed penalties
$4,455
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,338 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
26
inspections on record
357
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: 357 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2023
1
2022
1

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Mines on record

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