Glacier Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Northwest Gold Diggers
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve C Pomrenke; Shawn M Pomrenke
Nome,
Nome County,
AK
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001801
Glacier Creek Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Glacier Creek Mine.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
35
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,811
proposed penalties
$9,811
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
22
inspections on record
229
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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Glacier Creek Mine has $10K 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.$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 | 6,489 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 13,636 | 1 | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,916 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,873 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,457 | 1 | 1 | 118.2 |
| 2024 Q2 | 8,612 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Show 28 earlier quarters Hide earlier quarters
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q2 | 2,495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,400 | 1 | 0 | 227.3 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 3,844 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,320 | 5 | 4 | 1157.4 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 750 | 7 | 2 | 9333.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,200 | 3 | 1 | 2500.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 900 | 0 | 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.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Glacier Creek Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.