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Fitz Pit: 41 MSHA citations 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.
See Alaska Construction & Paving, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.4%
significant & substantial
14.6%
high negligence or reckless
24.4%
reasonably likely or greater
63.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.1% low, 68.3% moderate, 14.6% 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: 2025-10-17
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 0.96 1.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.85 0.10 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-09-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.28 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.96 0.46 Front-end Loader 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. Fitz Enterprises 1999 to 2003
  2. Mike Fitzgibbon/Jeremy Drahosh 2003 to 2014
  3. Alaska Construction & Paving, Inc. 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2022 3
2018 5
2017 2
2016 5
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 0
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fitz Pit sits in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska · Population 110,677
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$90,625
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 1,920 0 0 0.0
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
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
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