Mining Incidents

Nyrstar Tennessee Mines - Gordonsville, LLC operator

Controlled by Nyrstar NV
MSHA operator ID: 0102645
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
216
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2010–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
2,067
citations
568
significant & substantial
$1,789,729
proposed penalties
$1,544,426
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $245,303 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
530
inspections on record
21,244
inspection hours
9.7
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.
2,067 citations across 21,244 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.
$1.8M
proposed penalties
$1.5M
current assessed
$1.5M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,014 assessments are final orders; 46 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2023
6
2022
8
2021
10
2020
10
2019
23
2018
12
2017
4
2015
7
2014
22
2013
35
2012
32
2011
32
2010
14

Mines on record

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