Mining Incidents

The Shepherd Family Living Trust; The Lin Irrevocable Trust controller

MSHA controller ID: 0152201

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1987–1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
344
citations
105
significant & substantial
$234,353
proposed penalties
$221,119
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,234 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
125
inspections on record
1,568
inspection hours
21.9
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.
344 citations across 1,568 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.
$234K
proposed penalties
$221K
current assessed
$221K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
315 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

1999
1
1995
1
1990
1
1989
3
1988
1
1987
2

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Mines on record

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