Mining Incidents

Gordon Sand Co operator

Controlled by George E Gordon III
MSHA operator ID: L33755
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1992–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
123
citations
40
significant & substantial
$40,081
proposed penalties
$24,540
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,541 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
1,121
inspection hours
11.0
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.
123 citations across 1,121 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1
2000
1
1997
1
1992
1

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