Sterling D Breen controller
MSHA controller ID: M08435
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1990–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
244
citations
51
significant & substantial
$203,480
proposed penalties
$149,235
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $54,245 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
2,077
inspection hours
11.7
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.244 citations across 2,077 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.$203K
proposed penalties
$151K
current assessed
$149K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
239 assessments are final orders; 21 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2022
3
2021
2
2015
1
2014
1
2011
2
1992
1
1991
1
1990
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Sterling D Breen
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.