Mining Incidents

Pollard & Sons Excavating: 88 MSHA citations operator

MSHA operator ID: F817

Pollard & Sons Excavating has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $21K in penalties since 2004.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
88
citations
17
significant & substantial
$21,281
proposed penalties
$21,281
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $133 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.8%
significant & substantial
18.6%
high negligence or reckless
20.9%
reasonably likely or greater
15.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.7% low, 76.7% moderate, 18.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2022-0053 Dismissal McCarthy 2022 $133 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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Where Pollard & Sons Excavating stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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