Mining Incidents

Chugiak Pit: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald M March
anchorage, Anchorage County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001302

MSHA record for Chugiak Pit (mine ID 5001302). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
3
inspections on record
29
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: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Rogers & Babler 1979 to 1985
  2. Rogers & Babler 1985 to 1987
  3. Wilder Construction Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 0
2003 1
2002 1
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Chugiak Pit sits in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska · Population 289,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$98,152
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
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 389 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1992 · 1 incident

October 19, 1992 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS DOING YARD MAINTENENCE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE SNOW. HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO FALLEN TREES AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1991 · 1 incident

May 21, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wilder Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS USING A HAMMER AND HIT HERSELF IN THE LEFT HAND.

1984 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1984 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers & Babler · Fall from machine

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FROM LOADER ONTO HIS FACE CAUSING LACERATIONS AND ABRASIONS

June 4, 1984 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers & Babler · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR ON CONVEYOR STAND WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF DIRT FLEW INTO HIS EYE AND LODGED ITSELF THERE.