Mining Incidents

Todd A Hughes; Scott G Hughes controller

MSHA controller ID: 0127661

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2016–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
106
citations
31
significant & substantial
$52,457
proposed penalties
$39,409
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,048 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
32
inspections on record
616
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: 616 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2023
2
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2016
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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