91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $132,389 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
168
inspections on record
19,898
inspection hours
9.4
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.
1,875 citations across 19,898 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.
$1.4M
proposed penalties
$1.3M
current assessed
$1.3M
paid to date
$49K
outstanding
1,843 assessments are final orders; 34 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc · Struck by falling object
The crew was attempting to align a section of pipe, which is 40 feet long, when the 2 pipes disconnected and 1 end of the pipe that the crew was trying to install slipped out of the joint and struck the employee. An excavator was being used to position a 36" pipe diameter by 40' long section pipe to connect it to another section of pipe.
Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED WHILE OPERATING MACK LOWBOY ON MINE ACCESS ROAD, ON GOING INVESTIGATION.
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