Springfield Underground, Inc. DBA Erlen Group controller
MSHA controller ID: 0145081
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2018–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
183
citations
18
significant & substantial
$44,836
proposed penalties
$40,893
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,943 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
80
inspections on record
1,726
inspection hours
10.6
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.183 citations across 1,726 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.$45K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
175 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
2
2021
3
2020
2
2019
1
2018
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Radix Joplin MO
- Radix Westside MO
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