Hilltop Stone LLC operator
Controlled by
John F Steele Jr
MSHA operator ID: 0051215
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 35
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
216
citations
73
significant & substantial
$130,268
proposed penalties
$78,839
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,429 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
88
inspections on record
2,001
inspection hours
10.8
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.216 citations across 2,001 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.$130K
proposed penalties
$79K
current assessed
$79K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
213 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2023
2
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
1
2017
1
2016
2
2015
1
2014
2
2013
1
2011
1
2009
6
2008
1
2007
6
2006
2
2005
1
2004
1
2002
3
Mines on record
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