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: 291 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Calder has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $362 in penalties contested before the Commission, $314 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
33%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$362 proposed, $314 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2016-10-02.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
6
2024
5
2023
4
2022
3
2021
3
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
2
2016
2
2015
3
2014
5
2013
7
2012
8
2001
0
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Calder 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
2026 Q2
2,239
1
0
446.6
2026 Q1
1,840
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,836
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,129
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,797
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,328
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,160
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,984
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,648
5
0
1888.2
2024 Q1
1,856
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,736
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,849
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,568
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,104
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,216
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,544
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,120
1
0
892.9
2022 Q1
1,376
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,512
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,632
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,416
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,392
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,432
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,592
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,344
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,656
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,312
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,544
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,416
2
0
1412.4
2019 Q1
1,504
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,368
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,552
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
920
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,024
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
896
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
512
2
0
3906.2
2017 Q2
896
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
536
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
448
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
776
9
1
11597.9
2016 Q2
1,064
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
744
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
771
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
536
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,592
2
0
1256.3
2015 Q1
1,008
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
700
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,560
1
0
641.0
2014 Q2
4,640
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
200
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
124
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,600
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
11,040
1
1
90.6
2013 Q1
75
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
8,450
2
0
236.7
2012 Q2
2,060
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2014 · 1 incident
December 22, 2014AK · Metal/Non-Metalplumber, pipefitter, millwrightMACHINERY
Miner is off-season caretaker at mine site. He was working in shop at work bench. There were various tools on the bench, one of them a 4" angle grinder. He was attempting to clear some room on the bench and went to move the grinder. It came in contact with some other object and energized the grinder, pulling his right thumb into the guard on the grinder and cutting his thumb.