Steve Farden controller
MSHA controller ID: M10052
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Mines on record
- 0
- Years on record
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
317
citations
96
significant & substantial
$73,160
proposed penalties
$73,025
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $135 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
163
inspections on record
2,123
inspection hours
14.9
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.317 citations across 2,123 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.$73K
proposed penalties
$73K
current assessed
$73K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
304 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-11.
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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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.