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MSHA Contested Violations

Metadata Updated: January 20, 2026

Assessed violations contested by the violator and the contest request has been accepted by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC). These dockets are tracked through the hearing process and ultimately receive a decision. Decisions can affect the penalty amount and/or citation attributes.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 12, 2021
Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2026
Data Update Frequency R/PT1S

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOL JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 12, 2021
Metadata Updated Date January 20, 2026
Publisher Mine Safety and Health Administration
Maintainer
Identifier MSHA-19-012:030-180
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-12-15T13:29:30.402Z
Rights true
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/PT1S
Bureau Code 000:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Data Dictionary https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/DataSets/Contested_Violations_Definition_File.txt
Data Dictionary Type text/plain
Harvest Object Id d4ed94d8-e23c-4b9c-8e3d-fd6aab15191a
Harvest Source Id 81f6ae6e-c0d0-4e98-bb1b-04e323ef429e
Harvest Source Title DOL JSON
Homepage URL https://www.msha.gov/mine-data-retrieval-system
Program Code 000:000
Publisher Hierarchy Mine Safety and Health Administration > Mine Safety and Health Administration
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash a79d846c9c99a7cd5a0566ff91dc8418c911f1ae4d35043976d33a8f16f98494
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 2000-01-01/2025-12-31

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