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Gold King Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Southeast Fairbanks County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001597

MSHA record for Gold King Mine (mine ID 5001597). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Alaska Unlimited Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gold King Mine sits in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska · Population 6,936
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$74,223
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

May 22, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alaska Unlimited Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAINTAINING THE WASHING PLANT EE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN A CHAIN & SPROCKET, CRUSHING THE FOUR FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.