Mantrip was passing the loadout and they observed a wall of water and debris coming towards them. They began backing up and hit the berm. EE was the first to exit the mantrip. They were on high ground with water flowing on both sides of them when EE stepped into the stream on the east side of them when EE was swept away. EE's body was found 6 miles downstream.
Gentry Mountain Mining LLc operator
Controlled by
Patrick Peterson; Shain Stoddard
MSHA operator ID: 0174613
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
1,551
citations
217
significant & substantial
$1,163,497
proposed penalties
$312,282
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $851,215 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
86
inspections on record
11,017
inspection hours
14.1
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.1,551 citations across 11,017 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.$1.2M
proposed penalties
$876K
current assessed
$312K
paid to date
$563K
outstanding
1,366 assessments are final orders; 42 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- INUNDATION 1 fatality · 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 13 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
5
2024
5
2023
5
2022
9
2021
17 (1f)
2020
2
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
August 1, 2021
UT · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · INUNDATION
Gentry Mountain Mining LLc · Drowning
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