Mining Incidents

Bruening Rock Products Inc operator

Controlled by Greg Bruening
MSHA operator ID: L00023
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
42
Mines on record
9
Years on record
1992–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,676
citations
409
significant & substantial
$707,617
proposed penalties
$650,705
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $56,912 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
724
inspections on record
10,682
inspection hours
15.7
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.
1,676 citations across 10,682 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.
$708K
proposed penalties
$657K
current assessed
$651K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
1,645 assessments are final orders; 55 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
4
2019
1
2018
1
2013
1
2011
2
2010
2
2007
2
2002
3
2000
2
1999
13 (1f)
1998
9
1992
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 29, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY ATTEMPTED TO EXIT MACHINE TO THE RIGHT UNDER THE BOOM. WHILE EXITING, THE EMPLOYEE'S HIP ENGAGED THE BOOM LOWER CONTROL, CAUSING THE BOOM TO LOWER AND CRUSH EMPLOYEE'S TORS O, CAUSING FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES.

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