Stillwater Mining Company · Contact with electrical current
The employee was performing routine preventative maintenance on a transformer when EE was fatally electrocuted.
Sibanye Stillwater Limited controller
MSHA controller ID: 0134661
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
3,175
citations
486
significant & substantial
$2,235,806
proposed penalties
$1,476,683
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $759,122 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
343
inspections on record
46,706
inspection hours
6.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.3,175 citations across 46,706 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2.2M
proposed penalties
$1.9M
current assessed
$1.5M
paid to date
$442K
outstanding
2,943 assessments are final orders; 91 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 41 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 51 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 85 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 63 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 56 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
22 (1f)
2024
42
2023
58 (1f)
2022
37
2021
56 (2f)
2020
66
2019
63
2018
52
2017
28
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
4 recorded
Stillwater Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Tangled in drill steel while installing ground support.
June 9, 2021
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
On June 9th, 2021 at 2:00 pm the operator was made aware of a collision underground between a locomotive and a UTV resulting in a Fatal incident.
June 9, 2021
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stillwater Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
On June 9th, 2021 at 2:00 pm the operator was made aware of a collision underground between a locomotive and a UTV resulting in a fatal incident.
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