Mining Incidents

William Schwartz controller

MSHA controller ID: M10044

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1988–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
167
citations
40
significant & substantial
$29,299
proposed penalties
$29,148
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
87
inspections on record
1,384
inspection hours
12.1
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.
167 citations across 1,384 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
1
2020
1
2018
2
2006
1
2001
1
2000
2
1999
3
1998
1
1997
2
1995
2
1993
1
1991
1
1990
1
1988
1

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