LHC Incorporated operator
Controlled by
Roger L Claridge
MSHA operator ID: L12558
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1992–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
306
citations
105
significant & substantial
$100,647
proposed penalties
$64,040
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36,607 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
121
inspections on record
1,612
inspection hours
19.0
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.306 citations across 1,612 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.$101K
proposed penalties
$88K
current assessed
$64K
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
292 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 1 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
2
2024
1
2023
2
2021
1
2020
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2013
1
2006
2
2003
1
2001
1
2000
1
1997
1
1994
1
1992
1
Mines on record
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