Mining Incidents

Sanford Iwata controller

MSHA controller ID: M11041

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2001–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
365
citations
149
significant & substantial
$246,120
proposed penalties
$233,662
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,458 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
118
inspections on record
1,746
inspection hours
20.9
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.
365 citations across 1,746 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.
$246K
proposed penalties
$234K
current assessed
$234K
paid to date
$9
outstanding
353 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
1
2023
2
2022
1
2009
1
2005
1
2001
1

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