Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
MSHA Mine Safety Violations
Mine-safety violations, citations, and penalties by mine and operator, as issued.
Mine Safety and Health Administration enforcement: violations and citations by mine and operator, with significant-and-substantial flags, negligence, likelihood, section cited, and proposed penalties — plus the mine and operator registries. Records show what MSHA issued, with the issue date. A greenfield vertical almost no one sells into.
- Records
- 1,050,756 violations · 91,919 mines · 67,929 operators
- Coverage
- 2019-01-01 → 2026-07-23
- Refresh
- Monthly (MSHA open-data)
- Source
- Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
What's in it
Tables in this dataset
| Table | Rows | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| violations | 1,050,756 | Citations/orders with S&S, negligence, penalty |
| mines | 91,919 | Mine registry (type, coal/metal, status) |
| operators | 67,929 | Mine operators / controllers |
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Schema
Key public fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
violation_no | MSHA violation number |
mine_name | Mine name |
coal_metal_ind | Coal (C) or metal/nonmetal (M) |
state | State |
sig_sub | Significant-and-substantial flag |
section_of_act | Section cited |
proposed_penalty | Proposed penalty amount |
violation_issue_dt | Issue date |
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