Mining Incidents

Victor S Klotz; Christie Klotz controller

MSHA controller ID: M03784

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1994–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
628
citations
193
significant & substantial
$274,151
proposed penalties
$245,363
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,788 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
227
inspections on record
3,234
inspection hours
19.4
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.
628 citations across 3,234 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.
$274K
proposed penalties
$248K
current assessed
$245K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
614 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
3
2003
1
1994
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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