Mining Incidents

William G Yates Jr controller

MSHA controller ID: M04841

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1988–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
457
citations
133
significant & substantial
$99,343
proposed penalties
$88,291
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,052 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
209
inspections on record
2,797
inspection hours
16.3
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.
457 citations across 2,797 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.
$99K
proposed penalties
$89K
current assessed
$88K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
449 assessments are final orders; 62 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1
2013
1
2012
1
2009
1
2005
3
2004
2
2003
1
1988
1

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