W B Snead controller
MSHA controller ID: M02301
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 267
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
639
citations
166
significant & substantial
$445,880
proposed penalties
$394,069
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,811 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
3,219
inspection hours
19.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.639 citations across 3,219 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$446K
proposed penalties
$423K
current assessed
$394K
paid to date
$29K
outstanding
621 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 100 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 49 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 36 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 32 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 31 non-fatal
- OTHER 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
5
2025
5
2024
5
2021
1
2020
4
2019
1
2018
3
2017
1
2016
2
2015
1
2014
1
2013
2
2012
4
2011
6
2010
5
2009
2
2008
3
2007
9
2006
6
2005
5
2004
3
2003
9
2002
7
2001
11
2000
10
1999
7
1998
4
1997
6
1996
4
1995
7
1994
7
1993
15
1992
15
1991
20
1990
17
1989
12
1988
6
1987
9
1986
10
1985
5
1984
5
1983
7
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on W B Snead
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.