Mining Incidents

Scott Buechel; Michael Buechel controller

MSHA controller ID: 0135381

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2017–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
163
citations
31
significant & substantial
$36,589
proposed penalties
$36,589
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
138
inspections on record
1,991
inspection hours
8.2
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.
163 citations across 1,991 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
162 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
7
2023
7
2022
3
2021
2
2020
1
2019
3
2018
4
2017
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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