Mining Incidents

Steve Bubalo controller

MSHA controller ID: M38124

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1992–1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
249
citations
41
significant & substantial
$45,288
proposed penalties
$45,288
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
1,622
inspection hours
15.4
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.
249 citations across 1,622 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
248 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1998
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
1
1994
2
1993
1
1992
1

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Mines on record

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