68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $121,038 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
523
inspections on record
9,041
inspection hours
9.0
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.
812 citations across 9,041 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.
$373K
proposed penalties
$372K
current assessed
$252K
paid to date
$121K
outstanding
798 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Employee was working on a crusher. A bucket tooth was wedged in the crusher. The crusher was jacked up. The jack kicked out and employee was struck in the head by an unknown object and knocked him into the bed of the truck where he struck his head on an unknown object. Employee received head trauma.
February 2, 1994IN · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerFatality · MACHINERY
US Aggregates, Inc. · Drowning
THE DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS PERFORMING DAILY OPERATIONS WITH A 1978 NORTHWEST MODEL 190D DRAGLINE, WHEN THE POND BANK CAVED IN CAUSING THE DRAGLINE TO FALL INTO THE POND IN APPROX. 40 FEET OF WA TER.
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