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Dawson Mine: 93 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sundance Mining Group LLC · Underground
Hollis, Prince of Wales-Hyder County, AK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 5002045

Dawson Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2018–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
93
citations
12
significant & substantial
$21,131
proposed penalties
$21,131
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sundance Mining Group LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
40
inspections on record
1,580
inspection hours
5.9
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.
93 citations across 1,580 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dawson Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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.
12.9%
significant & substantial
16.1%
high negligence or reckless
12.9%
reasonably likely or greater
38.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.1% low, 67.7% moderate, 16.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-07-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-07-12 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Bobcat Operator
2026-07-12 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Bobcat Operator
2026-07-12 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Road Grader Operator
2026-07-12 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Road Grader Operator
2026-07-12 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Road Grader Operator
2026-07-12 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Road Grader Operator
2026-07-12 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Bobcat Operator
2026-07-12 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Bobcat Operator
2025-03-08 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2025-03-08 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2025-03-08 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2025-03-08 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2023-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2023-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2023-10-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2023-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.46 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-05 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Miner, Drift
2023-07-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Miner, Drift
2023-07-05 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Miner, Drift
2023-07-05 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Miner, Drift
2021-10-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.6 Miner, Stope
2021-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-10-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Washer Operator
2021-10-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.79 0.70 Lab Technician
2018-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 Welder, etc.
2018-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Welder, etc.
2018-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Electrician
2018-03-22 EC @ 160 26 160 0.16 Backhoe Operator
2018-03-22 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Nipper, Supply Man
2018-03-22 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Nipper, Supply Man
2018-03-22 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Nipper, Supply Man
2018-03-22 TC @ 160 34 160 0.21 Backhoe Operator
2018-03-22 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Backhoe Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2026-07-12
10
samples
Show the individual readings (50)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2026-07-12 EC @ 160 0 UG ACTIVE MINING
2026-07-12 TC @ 160 0 UG ACTIVE MINING
2025-03-08 EC @ 160 0 UG GENERAL
2025-03-08 TC @ 160 0 UG GENERAL
2024-01-21 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2024-01-21 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2023-07-05 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2023-07-05 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2022-04-08 MAGNESIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 MANGANESE (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 MOLYBDENUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 NICKEL (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 VANADIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 ZINC (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 ARSENIC (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 BERYLLIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 CADMIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 CHROMIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 COBALT (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 COPPER (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 IRON (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 LEAD (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 MAGNESIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 MANGANESE (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 MOLYBDENUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 NICKEL (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 VANADIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 ZINC (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 ARSENIC (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 BERYLLIUM (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 CADMIUM (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 ARSENIC (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 COBALT (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 COPPER (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 IRON (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 LEAD (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 MAGNESIUM (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 MANGANESE (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 MOLYBDENUM (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 NICKEL (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 VANADIUM (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 ZINC (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 CHROMIUM (WIPE) 0 SF OFF/LUNCH/STOR
2022-04-08 BERYLLIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 CADMIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 CHROMIUM (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 COBALT (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 COPPER (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 IRON (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
2022-04-08 LEAD (WIPE) 0 MP LABORATORY
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Dawson Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Alaska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.43 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 2.01 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 3.11 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 7.17 7.17 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Sundance Mining Group LLC 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 56
2025 48
2024 52
2023 49
2022 54
2021 48
2020 27
2019 19
2018 11
2017 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dawson Mine sits in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska · Population 5,730
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$59,079
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 28,182 3 0 106.5
2026 Q1 29,866 3 0 100.4
2025 Q4 23,483 3 1 127.8
2025 Q3 24,047 1 0 41.6
2025 Q2 23,547 2 0 84.9
2025 Q1 25,129 1 1 39.8
2024 Q4 24,255 8 2 329.8
2024 Q3 25,294 3 0 118.6
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 25,535 6 0 235.0
2024 Q1 24,493 1 0 40.8
2023 Q4 20,892 1 0 47.9
2023 Q3 22,590 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 24,569 2 1 81.4
2023 Q1 27,751 3 0 108.1
2022 Q4 25,751 1 0 38.8
2022 Q3 26,518 5 1 188.6
2022 Q2 29,378 5 2 170.2
2022 Q1 27,562 4 0 145.1
2021 Q4 24,252 5 1 206.2
2021 Q3 22,635 1 0 44.2
2021 Q2 24,669 2 0 81.1
2021 Q1 23,164 1 0 43.2
2020 Q4 21,729 2 0 92.0
2020 Q3 15,999 4 0 250.0
2020 Q2 13,786 3 0 217.6
2020 Q1 12,859 5 0 388.8
2019 Q4 12,001 1 0 83.3
2019 Q3 10,504 6 2 571.2
2019 Q2 9,284 1 0 107.7
2019 Q1 6,320 2 1 316.5
2018 Q4 6,510 1 0 153.6
2018 Q3 6,950 1 0 143.9
2018 Q2 6,263 1 0 159.7
2018 Q1 8,184 2 0 244.4
2017 Q4 8,410 1 0 118.9
2017 Q3 8,201 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 19, 2026 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Mining Group LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking for a leak in a hydraulic hose when EE received a puncture in EE's right hand index finger. EE was taken to the hospital for examination of suspected oil injection to the puncture site.

2024 · 1 incident

September 23, 2024 AK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Sundance Mining Group LLC · Struck by falling object

While completing the bolting potion of the mining cycle a miners pinky finger was lacerated by a softball sized rock striking their hand.

2020 · 1 incident

February 27, 2020 AK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sundance Mining Group LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

After drilling a 2' pin hole horizontally with a jack leg, while removing the drill steel from the hole the foot of the drill slipped and caused the machine to pivot. The tip of the miners finger was caught in the pivot point of the drill and leg. Finger required stitches. Miner has been released to full duty.

2018 · 1 incident

March 30, 2018 AK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sundance Mining Group LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Miner felt catch in knee when rising from diner table after work. Next day felt knee catch while driving wedge with axe. Next day knee was swollen. Has had previous surgery same location from sports accident. Notified MSHA by phone on 4/3 and sent electronic report on 4/13 and have had no receipt of filing.