Mining Incidents

Thomas C Sturgeon controller

MSHA controller ID: 0116581

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2021–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
133
citations
29
significant & substantial
$23,471
proposed penalties
$22,724
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $747 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
69
inspections on record
1,029
inspection hours
12.9
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.
133 citations across 1,029 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
132 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
1
2023
3
2022
1
2021
2

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Mines on record

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