Mining Incidents

Steven R Powell controller

MSHA controller ID: M35532

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1986–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
186
citations
34
significant & substantial
$40,733
proposed penalties
$39,116
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,617 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
1,123
inspection hours
16.6
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.
186 citations across 1,123 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
186 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
1
2003
1
1994
1
1989
1
1986
1

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