LOST SHEEP MINE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
25
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,724
proposed penalties
$2,271
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
358
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 358 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LOST SHEEP MINE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ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.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
The area was the Ore access and the fall occurred at the intersection where material was bagged in the mesh. Miners intentionally dug out the top, creating a ground fall. When questioned as to why, they said they knew they were being laid off and it was somebody else's problem now. This was not an unplanned ground fall, it was planned by the miners who intentionally dug out top.
The area was and inactive area that fell at the intersection of the ore body and the host rock
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