Mining Incidents

Couch Aggregates, LLC operator

Controlled by AFTA, LLC; Steve Shaw
MSHA operator ID: 0149675
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2018–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
176
citations
42
significant & substantial
$55,906
proposed penalties
$50,755
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
133
inspections on record
1,584
inspection hours
11.1
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.
176 citations across 1,584 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
175 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
2
2022
1
2020
1
2018
1

Mines on record

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