Hilltop Basic Resources, Inc. operator
Controlled by
John F Steele Jr
MSHA operator ID: L00953
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 357
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1983–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
324
citations
86
significant & substantial
$106,671
proposed penalties
$97,641
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,030 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
111
inspections on record
2,517
inspection hours
12.9
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.324 citations across 2,517 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.$107K
proposed penalties
$99K
current assessed
$98K
paid to date
$981
outstanding
317 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 127 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 65 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 64 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 50 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 21 non-fatal
- OTHER 13 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
5
2024
3
2023
1
2022
1
2021
2
2020
1
2019
5
2018
6
2017
4
2016
1
2015
3
2014
2
2013
3
2012
2
2011
1
2010
2
2009
2
2008
6
2007
10
2006
6
2005
4
2004
5
2003
6
2002
8
2001
14
2000
8
1999
13
1998
20
1997
16
1996
15
1995
23
1994
27
1993
20
1992
17
1991
13
1990
23
1989
26
1988
15
1987
6
1986
3
1985
3
1984
2
1983
4
Mines on record
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