Sunshine Mine has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
14
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,294
proposed penalties
$2,294
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
20
inspections on record
193
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: 193 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sunshine Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-08.
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
9,155
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,672
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,955
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
7,264
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
7,318
1
0
136.6
2024 Q3
7,010
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
7,577
1
0
132.0
2024 Q1
8,373
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
8,012
1
0
124.8
2023 Q3
11,295
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
8,797
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
9,300
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,450
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,373
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,716
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
8,398
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,176
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
8,063
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,557
2
0
359.9
2021 Q1
6,816
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,368
2
1
239.0
2020 Q3
8,760
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
10,838
2
0
184.5
2020 Q1
11,574
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
7,363
3
0
407.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2025 · 1 incident
May 9, 2025FL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
While setting a dewatering pump, the slope on the east side started to slough off into Rim Ditch. All were advised to extricate from this area. They egressed to the east slope and when it sloughed off to the bottom, they fell approximately 4 feet landing feet first on a rock. They hurt their right ankle and left knee.
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