Love Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1989–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
53
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,357
proposed penalties
$6,692
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,665 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
321
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: 321 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Love Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4
8,113
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
11,314
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
11,489
1
0
87.0
2025 Q1
10,262
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,929
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
8,912
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
9,125
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
8,165
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4
3,672
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,878
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,417
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,302
2
0
605.7
2011 Q4
6
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
197
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
301
9
5
29900.3
2010 Q3
200
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
75
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,450
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,729
3
3
804.5
2009 Q2
8,796
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,093
1
0
244.3
2008 Q4
2,217
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,289
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,853
4
2
1038.2
2008 Q1
4,524
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,912
7
3
1012.7
2007 Q3
8,661
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,387
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,917
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,215
5
0
2257.3
2006 Q3
393
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,762
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,508
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,488
3
0
668.4
2005 Q3
5,933
4
0
674.2
2005 Q2
5,223
6
1
1148.8
2005 Q1
5,223
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
819
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,818
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,781
3
0
627.5
2004 Q1
4,121
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,692
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,365
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,781
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,901
2
0
689.4
2002 Q4
1,930
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,201
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,230
3
1
928.8
2002 Q1
2,179
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,054
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,493
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,511
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
935
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
346
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,528
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,920
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2025 · 1 incident
July 30, 2025MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Employee overheated while lacing conveyor belt, claimed they got dizzy and sat down beside the conveyor road, did not communicate to anyone and called 911 themselves! Employee ate and drank throughout the day. With a group of co-workers all day including the supervisor to allow breaks (water, shade, cooling) due to the extreme heat.
2024 · 2 incidents
June 12, 2024MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking backwards from front of pickup truck along conveyor. Stepped onto the grated ground berm, twisted ankle underneath self landing with all EE's body weight. Believed ankle was just sprained and went home. Two days later (6/14/24) found out it was a nondisplaced fracture of lateral right fibula.
May 22, 2024MS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laceration to left leg requiring stitches. While attempting to disconnect bucket from skid steer, the bucket slipped off the bucket moment and contacted left leg resulting in a laceration.
2013 · 1 incident
April 16, 2013MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee states he was driving a hinge pin into an ejector pan with a sledge hammmer.
2006 · 1 incident
May 3, 2006MS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RIDING A 4-WEELER ACROSS THE PIT AREA AND RAN OFF A 6 TO 8 FOOT HIGHWALL. THE IMPACT CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS FACE ON THE HANDLE BARS.HE RRECEIVED LACERATIONS TO HIS NOSE AND FACE ALSO BRUISES TO HIS BODY.
1997 · 1 incident
July 1, 1997MS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPL ATTEMPTED TO CROSS OVER MOVING CONVEYOR BELT LOST BALANCE AND WAS CARRIED INTO RECEIVING HOPPER OF WASH PLANT
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