Mining Incidents

AAA Valley Gravel / Trunk road mine Metal/Non-Metal

AAA Valley Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Ahtna Inc
Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001501

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
22
significant & substantial
$8,721
proposed penalties
$8,721
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 819 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 892 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,529 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,019 1 0 495.3
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2015 · 1 incident

September 3, 2015 AK · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AAA Valley Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hammering on crusher wedges piece of metal flew under safety glasses and hit in the eye.

2009 · 1 incident

June 13, 2009 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AAA Valley Gravel · Fall from machine

EE was sitting on frame of crusher tightening bottom deck screen bolts, when wrench slipped and EE fell approx 3' and landed on the conveyor blet guard.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 1, 2005 AK · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
AAA Valley Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN BETWEEN TWO CONVEYOR BELTS. HE WAS GUIDING SERVICE TRUCK BACK TO DO A REPAIR. TRUCK BUMPED CONVEYOR AND IT SLID INTO HIM, PINCHING HIS LEG AGAINST ANOTHER CONVEYOR.

February 10, 2005 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AAA Valley Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got something in his eye. He reported wearing safety glasses. Said he may have had something in his eye for some time. Does not recall getting hit in the eye with anything.

2004 · 1 incident

September 24, 2004 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AAA Valley Gravel · Fall onto or against objects

Apparently he stepped off crusher and bumped knee on a steel beam.

2003 · 1 incident

June 27, 2003 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
AAA Valley Gravel · Struck by flying object

WIND HOWLING AND DUST GOT IN HIS EYE. OPERATOR WAS IN FRONT END LOADER AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.