Every citation, order, and safeguard issued by an MSHA inspector since 2000 — 3,073,443 records, of which 812,125 are flagged Significant & Substantial (S&S). Total proposed penalties: $1.81 billion. Names the controller, violator (operator or contractor), mine, the exact rule cited (e.g. 30 CFR 75.400 — accumulation of combustible materials), likelihood of injury, negligence level, whether the operator contested, and the dollar amount actually paid vs. proposed. The S&S flag is the single best leading indicator of fatal-accident risk; the Upper Big Branch disaster was preceded by hundreds of contested S&S citations Massey didn't correct.

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.ai-analytics.org. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

API endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/msha/violations/recent
Dataset landing page: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/msha-violations
DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json
DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/msha/violations/recent?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/msha-violations'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

Agency: U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
Primary source: https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/OGIMSHA.asp
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under 5 USC 105 / 17 USC 105.
Update cadence: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger)

Keywords

MSHA, mine violations, S&S citation, Significant and Substantial, 30 CFR, mine safety enforcement, penalty, Section 104, contested citation

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_msha_violations_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {AI Analytics},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/msha-violations},
  note   = {Derived from U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. License: CC0 1.0.}
}

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