Mining Incidents

Bud Howell Construction: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bud Howell Construction · Surface
Controlled by Charles E Howell
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001926

Bud Howell Construction has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $303 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
7
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,021
proposed penalties
$718
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $303 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
3
inspections on record
42
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: 42 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bud Howell Construction has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $303 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$718
paid to date
$303
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-24.
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.
71.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
71.4%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bud Howell Construction 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bud Howell Construction sits in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · Population 95,555
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$84,722
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.