Mining Incidents

Bingham Crusher: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Secon · Surface
Controlled by Colas S A
Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001601

Bingham Crusher has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1996–2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
30
citations
9
significant & substantial
$87,340
proposed penalties
$46,840
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
207
inspection hours
n/a
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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-03-03.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Bingham Crusher has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $70K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-19.
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.
31.0%
significant & substantial
41.4%
high negligence or reckless
31.0%
reasonably likely or greater
51.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 48.3% moderate, 41.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$70K proposed, $30K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-06-07.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2016-0505 Settlement Bulluck 2017 $70K → $30K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2015-03-26, 11 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-03-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Backhoe Operator
2015-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. H & H Contractors Inc 1990 to 2006
  2. Secon 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 5
2017 4
2016 9
2015 5
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
2006 0
2005 0
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bingham Crusher sits in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska · Population 13,870
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$89,155
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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,577 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 864 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 478 1 0 2092.1
2016 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,288 1 1 776.4
2016 Q1 602 11 4 18272.4
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 1,838 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,902 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 767 7 3 9126.5
2014 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,614 3 0 1858.7
2014 Q2 2,440 2 1 819.7
2014 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 803 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,317 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 375 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,964 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 570 1 0 1754.4
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,485 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,238 2 0 1615.5
2010 Q1 471 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 267 1 0 3745.3
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 1 0
2004 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,631 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 276 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 758 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 1 incident

1996 · 2 incidents

August 6, 1996 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & H Contractors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OPERATOR WAS WORKING ON END LOADER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME ( 3HRS) AT AN ODD ANGLE. EE STRAINED LEFT ELBOW. FURTHER AGGRAVATED CONDITON WHILE LIFTING A SCREEN ONTO A SCREEN DECK. EE STATED ELBOW CONTD TO HURT AFTER 1 WEEK-WENT FOR TREAT MENT

August 6, 1996 AK · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
H & H Contractors Inc · Struck against stationary object

CRUSHER OPERATOR STEPPED ON A ROCK WHILE OPERATING CRUSHER. THE ROCK ROLLED CAUSING A SIDEWAYS TWIST TO THE OPERATORS KNEE