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.
Rate withheld: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
APP Mining has $674 in proposed MSHA penalties and $431 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$674
proposed penalties
$674
current assessed
$243
paid to date
$431
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-08-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2005-08-11, 21 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2005-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
0
2004
3
2003
3
1991
1
1990
0
1989
4
1988
0
1987
3
1986
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
APP Mining sits in Nome Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Nome Census Area, Alaska · Population 9,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$76,643
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
1,376
1
0
726.7
2004 Q2
1,166
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
641
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,597
3
1
1155.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1991 · 1 incident
September 14, 1991AK · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
REMOVING COUNTER BALANCE TO REPLACE BEARINGS-COUNTER BALANCE FELL UNEXPECTEDLY AND SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.REQ STITCHES NO LONG TERM IMPAIRMENT.