Employee was checking for a leak in a hydraulic hose when EE received a puncture in EE's right hand index finger. EE was taken to the hospital for examination of suspected oil injection to the puncture site.
Dawson Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Dawson Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2018–2026
- Latest incident
- May 2026
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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.Dawson Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 23,483 | 3 | 1 | 127.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 24,047 | 1 | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2025 Q2 | 23,547 | 2 | 0 | 84.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 25,129 | 1 | 1 | 39.8 |
| 2024 Q4 | 24,255 | 8 | 2 | 329.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 25,294 | 3 | 0 | 118.6 |
| 2024 Q2 | 25,535 | 6 | 0 | 235.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 24,493 | 1 | 0 | 40.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 20,892 | 1 | 0 | 47.9 |
| 2023 Q3 | 22,590 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 24,569 | 2 | 1 | 81.4 |
| 2023 Q1 | 27,751 | 3 | 0 | 108.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 25,751 | 1 | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2022 Q3 | 26,518 | 5 | 1 | 188.6 |
| 2022 Q2 | 29,378 | 5 | 2 | 170.2 |
| 2022 Q1 | 27,562 | 4 | 0 | 145.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 24,252 | 5 | 1 | 206.2 |
| 2021 Q3 | 22,635 | 1 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2021 Q2 | 24,669 | 2 | 0 | 81.1 |
| 2021 Q1 | 23,164 | 1 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2020 Q4 | 21,729 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 15,999 | 4 | 0 | 250.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 13,786 | 3 | 0 | 217.6 |
| 2020 Q1 | 12,859 | 5 | 0 | 388.8 |
| 2019 Q4 | 12,001 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| 2019 Q3 | 10,504 | 6 | 2 | 571.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 9,284 | 1 | 0 | 107.7 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,320 | 2 | 1 | 316.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,510 | 1 | 0 | 153.6 |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,950 | 1 | 0 | 143.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,263 | 1 | 0 | 159.7 |
| 2018 Q1 | 8,184 | 2 | 0 | 244.4 |
| 2017 Q4 | 8,410 | 1 | 0 | 118.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 8,201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
4 on file2026 · 1 incident
2024 · 1 incident
While completing the bolting potion of the mining cycle a miners pinky finger was lacerated by a softball sized rock striking their hand.
2020 · 1 incident
After drilling a 2' pin hole horizontally with a jack leg, while removing the drill steel from the hole the foot of the drill slipped and caused the machine to pivot. The tip of the miners finger was caught in the pivot point of the drill and leg. Finger required stitches. Miner has been released to full duty.
2018 · 1 incident
Miner felt catch in knee when rising from diner table after work. Next day felt knee catch while driving wedge with axe. Next day knee was swollen. Has had previous surgery same location from sports accident. Notified MSHA by phone on 4/3 and sent electronic report on 4/13 and have had no receipt of filing.
The full compliance file on Dawson Mine
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.