Mining Incidents

Girdwood Mine: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Girdwood Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Gary McCarthy
Girdwood, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001537

Girdwood Mine has $450 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$450
proposed penalties
$450
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
58
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: 58 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Girdwood Mine has $450 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.
$450
proposed penalties
$450
current assessed
$450
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-31.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
83.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 83.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Girdwood Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 5
2005 4
2004 5
2003 6
2002 4
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Girdwood Mine 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
2009 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 328 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,140 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,575 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,115 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,880 3 1 1041.7
2004 Q2 3,180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,560 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,890 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,630 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,700 3 1 1111.1
2002 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.