Mining Incidents

Terry Higgins; Keith Higgins controller

MSHA controller ID: 0120701

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
83
citations
18
significant & substantial
$44,561
proposed penalties
$30,710
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,851 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
33
inspections on record
444
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 444 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2017
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Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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