Leesville Land LLC operator
Controlled by
Ricky D Kirk; Jerry Wells Jr
MSHA operator ID: 0173255
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 53
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2021–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
926
citations
188
significant & substantial
$769,872
proposed penalties
$447,878
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $321,994 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
307
inspections on record
10,660
inspection hours
8.7
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.926 citations across 10,660 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.$770K
proposed penalties
$634K
current assessed
$448K
paid to date
$186K
outstanding
907 assessments are final orders; 31 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 30 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
13
2024
16
2023
15
2022
4
2021
4
Mines on record
- HOPEDALE MINE OH
- NELMS PLANT OH
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