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Spencer Gene Hopper; Lucas Hopper controller

MSHA controller ID: 0089913

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2019–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
218
citations
46
significant & substantial
$325,063
proposed penalties
$208,406
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116,657 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
57
inspections on record
1,025
inspection hours
21.3
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.
218 citations across 1,025 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.
$325K
proposed penalties
$296K
current assessed
$208K
paid to date
$88K
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
1
2023
1 (1f)
2019
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
December 14, 2023 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Bison Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was moving a rinse bucket to access a piece of metal that needed to be repaired and welded. As EE pulled the pin from the rinse bucket somehow the hydraulic cylinder gave way pinning the miner in between the bucket and a handrail. Resulting in the death of the miner.

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