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Tim Sonnentag controller

MSHA controller ID: M06827

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
64
Mines on record
12
Years on record
1983–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
544
citations
101
significant & substantial
$82,174
proposed penalties
$82,023
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
397
inspections on record
4,482
inspection hours
12.1
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.
544 citations across 4,482 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.
$82K
proposed penalties
$82K
current assessed
$82K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
542 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
2
2023
1
2022
2
2021
2
2020
1
2019
3
2018
2
2017
5
2016
4
2015
9
2013
4
2012
3
2011
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
3
2006
9
2005
2
1986
1
1985
3 (1f)
1984
1
1983
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
May 15, 1985 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
County Concrete Corp · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

CRAWLED INTO LARGE SAND HOPPER TO REMOVE A STONE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER. SAND THAT WAS ON THE SIDES OF THE HOPPER COLLAPSED AS HE WAS IN THE HOPPER COVERING HIM.

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