Mining Incidents

Glacier Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Knik Construction · Surface
Controlled by Lynden Inc
Valdez, Valdez-Cordova County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5000692

Glacier Pit has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2001
75
citations
21
significant & substantial
$51,768
proposed penalties
$46,443
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,325 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
29
inspections on record
491
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: 491 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 Pit has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-31.
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 2,414 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,278 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,591 5 0 1929.8
2024 Q2 304 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 349 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,179 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,535 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,718 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,142 4 4 1867.4
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,233 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,281 4 0 1753.6
2019 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,914 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 946 1 0 1057.1
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,575 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,832 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q3 205 3 2 14634.1
2016 Q2 0 2 2
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q3 3,194 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,246 6 2 4815.4
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,612 1 0 382.8
2014 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 2,274 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 595 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,685 3 1 1780.4
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,665 2 2 1201.2
2010 Q2 1,333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,059 2 0 492.7
2009 Q2 1,634 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 2,911 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,291 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 781 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,880 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 3,240 5 0 1543.2
2005 Q2 5,758 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,002 9 2 8982.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 332 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,124 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,958 4 2 1352.3
2002 Q2 1,699 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 872 15 1 17201.8
2001 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,035 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,663 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.

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The full compliance file on Glacier Pit

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.