Mining Incidents

Independence Excavating operator

Controlled by Vic DiGeronimo Jr
MSHA operator ID: 0050631
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2022–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
104
citations
10
significant & substantial
$13,594
proposed penalties
$12,990
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
73
inspections on record
1,141
inspection hours
9.1
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.
104 citations across 1,141 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
1
2023
1
2022
1

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