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Delta Wash Plant: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

University Redi-Mix · Surface
Controlled by Colas S A
Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001712

Delta Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
26
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,759
proposed penalties
$2,708
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,051 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See University Redi-Mix's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
21
inspections on record
205
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: 205 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Delta Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
$3K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $370 in penalties contested before the Commission, $370 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-27.
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.
26.9%
significant & substantial
15.4%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
65.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.8% low, 80.8% moderate, 15.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$370 proposed, $370 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 2010-10-08.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-59M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $370 → $370
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2013-08-20, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.37 0.46 Bulldozer Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Delta Sand & Gravel, LLC 2003 to 2006
  2. University Redi-Mix 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 2
2018 1
2017 3
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 3
2010 0
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 3
2005 1
2004 1
2003 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Delta Wash Plant sits in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska · Population 6,936
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$74,223
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 103 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 156 1 1 6410.3
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 167 1 0 5988.0
2022 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 129 1 0 7751.9
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 317 1 0 3154.6
2019 Q2 862 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 210 3 1 14285.7
2015 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 18 1 1 55555.6
2013 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,086 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 910 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,417 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 344 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,261 4 0 3172.1
2005 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,820 14 4 7692.3
2004 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 22, 2014 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
University Redi-Mix · Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped on a rock and twisted knee. He believed it was fine at the time but recently went to the doctor back in Texas where he lives and is having his knee operated on December 20, 2014.