Taran Brothers Inc operator
Controlled by
Stephen M Taran; Joseph M Taran
MSHA operator ID: L06234
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 27
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1988–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
265
citations
66
significant & substantial
$67,681
proposed penalties
$61,725
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,956 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
157
inspections on record
1,884
inspection hours
14.1
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.265 citations across 1,884 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$68K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
262 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- STRIKING OR BUMPING 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2013
2
2012
1
2007
2
2006
4
2004
1
2002
1
2001
2
1999
2
1998
1
1997
1
1995
2
1994
1
1993
1
1991
2
1990
1
1989
1
1988
1
Mines on record
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