90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,144 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,088
inspections on record
18,211
inspection hours
8.7
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.
1,593 citations across 18,211 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$392K
proposed penalties
$365K
current assessed
$352K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
1,560 assessments are final orders; 28 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
August 22, 2024OK · Metal/Non-Metalutility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operatorFatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
APAC-Central, Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Employee fell through opening/hole in platform that had been removed, fell about 20 feet and received head trauma. Update: The employee passed away on 9/6/24.
September 22, 1993AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · MACHINERY
APAC-Central, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO SHARPS QUARRY TO SERVICE A CAT 621 SCRAPER FOR MCCLINTON-ANCHOR COMPANY.HE WAS OPERATING A 1989 FORD F700 WITH A HIAB 173 SPEED LOADER BOOM HOIST WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENE D.HE WAS USING THE HOIST LIFTING A 29.5X35 (APPROXIMATELY 900 POUND) TIRE OFF THE REAR OF THE SCRAPER. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE REPORTED HE HAD JUST CHANGED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND HAD MOVED TH
May 5, 1983OK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · OTHER
ARKHOLA · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE LOWERED HIMSELF BY ROPE INTO A LEACH TANK IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, POSSIBLY A HAND HAT OR MEASURING STICK AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION.
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