Mining Incidents

Steve Baker controller

MSHA controller ID: M14251

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
87
citations
15
significant & substantial
$16,019
proposed penalties
$13,951
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,068 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
83
inspections on record
1,085
inspection hours
8.0
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.
87 citations across 1,085 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this controller.

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