Mining Incidents

Midwest Lime Company operator

Controlled by Mike Low; Eric Low
MSHA operator ID: L36264
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1984–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
109
citations
4
significant & substantial
$11,259
proposed penalties
$11,108
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
1,504
inspection hours
7.2
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.
109 citations across 1,504 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
1
1989
1
1988
1
1986
1
1984
1

Mines on record

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