57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $459,936 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
146
inspections on record
9,332
inspection hours
14.5
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.
1,353 citations across 9,332 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.
$1.1M
proposed penalties
$932K
current assessed
$615K
paid to date
$317K
outstanding
1,254 assessments are final orders; 46 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
GCC Dacotah Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A miner received fatal injuries. After a bridge collapsed that the miner was operating a skid steer loader on. The miner was clearing refractory brick form a rotary kiln. The bridge that was installed by the property owner collapsed. The skid steer fell approximately 10 feet into a hopper, causing the payload of brick to engulf the operator causing fatal wounds.
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