Mining Incidents

Walter L Meech controller

MSHA controller ID: M06750

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1993–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
179
citations
33
significant & substantial
$25,249
proposed penalties
$20,280
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,969 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
1,882
inspection hours
9.5
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.
179 citations across 1,882 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 36 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2016
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
1
1993
1

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Mines on record

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