Mining Incidents

Fitz Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jerry M Harman
FAIRBANKS, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001648

Fitz Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $839 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
2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,230
proposed penalties
$4,391
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $839 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
347
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: 347 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fitz Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $839 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$839
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-18.
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 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,340 2 0 1492.5
2024 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,760 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 640 3 0 4687.5
2016 Q3 2,340 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,280 2 0 877.2
2015 Q3 750 9 2 12000.0
2015 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 720 4 1 5555.6
2014 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 780 2 0 2564.1
2012 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 812 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 432 1 1 2314.8
2009 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,310 1 0 763.4
2005 Q2 320 5 5 15625.0
2005 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,500 2 0 1333.3
2004 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 12, 2025 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Alaska Construction & Paving, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was shown how to remove the piston which needed the leaking O rings replaced, Using a little air pressure. Employee instead used for air pressure and the piston came down and injured their fingers

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