Brakefield Equipment, Inc. operator
Controlled by
James Brakefield
MSHA operator ID: P22215
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 46
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1996–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
390
citations
149
significant & substantial
$239,993
proposed penalties
$232,791
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,202 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
107
inspections on record
4,706
inspection hours
8.3
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.390 citations across 4,706 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.$240K
proposed penalties
$233K
current assessed
$233K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
384 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 16 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2019
1
2017
1
2016
1
2014
1
2012
4
2010
2
2009
2
2008
4
2007
6
2006
4
2005
4
2004
1
2003
2
2002
2
2001
3
2000
2
1999
1
1998
1
1997
2
1996
1
Mines on record
- Brakefield #1 OK
- H & H OK
- Phoenix No 6 OK
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