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Cook'S Mining: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Cook'S Mining · Surface
Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001491

MSHA record for Cook'S Mining (mine ID 5001491). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Ownership history
  1. Cook'S Mining 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cook'S Mining 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

July 27, 1996 AK · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Cook'S Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT PLACED HAND ON DRAG CABLE OF DRAGLINE TOO CLOSE TO FAIRLEAD, AND FINGERS WERE PULLED INTO FAIRLED ROLLERS WHEN THE COLD DRUM FRICTIONS GRABBED, CAUSING CABLE TO MOVE IN SLIGHTLY. SUBJE CT WAS PREPAREING TO PULL CABLE OUT TO ACHIEVE SLACK, AND MACHINE OPERATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF SUBJECTS HAND PLACEMENT TO DISABLE THE MACHINE WASTER CLUTCH TO PREVENT OCCURENCE. CLUTCH WAS DISEN