Mining Incidents

Bush Pilot Metal/Non-Metal

Dirt Company · Surface
Controlled by Robert B Fisher
Big Lake, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001797

Bush Pilot has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2004
37
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,993
proposed penalties
$4,993
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
24
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bush Pilot has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 2 0
2019 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1 3 0 3000000.0
2018 Q3 44 1 1 22727.3
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 5 0 5000000.0
2016 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3 2 0 666666.7
2016 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 490 4 1 8163.3
2015 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 560 6 5 10714.3
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 2 0 2000000.0
2009 Q3 1,050 1 0 952.4
2009 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 243 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 520 8 4 15384.6

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.

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