J. Lee Milligan, Inc. operator
Controlled by
Doug Walterscheid
MSHA operator ID: L02254
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 1985–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
486
citations
127
significant & substantial
$215,977
proposed penalties
$172,181
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43,796 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
248
inspections on record
3,536
inspection hours
13.7
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.486 citations across 3,536 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.$216K
proposed penalties
$179K
current assessed
$172K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
480 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
1
2024
1
2023
2
2022
1
2021
5
2020
3
2016
1
2015
1
1999
1
1998
1
1994
2
1993
1
1990
1
1989
2
1988
3
1987
3
1986
2
1985
1
Mines on record
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