Ester, Fairbanks North Star County,
AK
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Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001556
Ester has $4K 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
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
17
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,594
proposed penalties
$3,594
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
113
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: 113 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ester has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
1,335
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
340
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
1,948
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
7,394
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,200
2
0
476.2
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q3
2,600
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,223
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
728
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,225
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,641
6
3
3656.3
2015 Q1
756
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,642
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,926
2
2
252.3
2014 Q2
6,398
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
512
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,742
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,068
6
1
595.9
2013 Q2
3,730
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
680
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
795
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,076
1
1
197.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2013 · 1 incident
July 25, 2013AK · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Five gallon bucket are filled with concentrates in the Gold Room then sent to town. While lifting the bucket on to a pickup, employee had a partial left shoulder separation. Bucket weigh 75 to 100 lbs.
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