Mining Incidents

Gold King Creek Metal/Non-Metal

Nenana, Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001921

Gold King Creek has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
11
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,769
proposed penalties
$1,769
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
6
inspections on record
131
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: 131 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gold King Creek has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-06.
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 12,605 6 2 476.0
2014 Q2 15,290 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 33,462 3 1 89.7
2013 Q2 16,132 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 20,206 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,724 2 1 205.7
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 6,617 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,649 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,102 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,238 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

May 31, 2010 AK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cannon Resources LLC · Struck by flying object

While driving a truck which was being towed (mud), ee was struck in the forehead by a chain when it failed. EE recieved 3 cuts to his forehead requiring stitches.

May 1, 2010 AK · Metal/Non-Metal safety director SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cannon Resources LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

During the beginning of May, employee injured his knee while jumping off of a vehicle to the ground. At the time he did not feel it was necessary to see a physician. Towards the end of July, he expressed concern that his knee was bothering him. He was sent by Cannon Resources on August 11th to Denver to see his primary care physician as requested.

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