Ancient Sun Inc operator
Controlled by
Donald E Kahle Jr et al
MSHA operator ID: P06339
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983–1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
5
significant & substantial
$13,377
proposed penalties
$2,840
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,537 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
108
inspections on record
1,319
inspection hours
1.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.24 citations across 1,319 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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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.$13K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1995
3
1994
8
1993
3
1992
6
1991
4
1990
1
1989
3
1988
2
1987
1
1986
1
1983
1
Mines on record
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