Employee was working underground in a drilling area with dusty conditions. Employee's N95 face mask was not properly fitted to employee causing dust to leak around the seal to nose and mouth. Employee stated that it was hard to breathe and needed to go to the doctor.
Golden Eagle Metal/Non-Metal
Golden Eagle has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2018–2026
- Latest incident
- Apr 2026
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Golden Eagle has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 4,548 | 3 | 0 | 659.6 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,133 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,967 | 2 | 0 | 674.1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,921 | 1 | 0 | 255.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,696 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,445 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,635 | 2 | 0 | 759.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,378 | 1 | 0 | 420.5 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,898 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,431 | 2 | 1 | 582.9 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,688 | 2 | 0 | 542.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,924 | 1 | 0 | 342.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,453 | 1 | 0 | 289.6 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,555 | 2 | 0 | 782.8 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,923 | 2 | 0 | 1040.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,475 | 1 | 0 | 404.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,063 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,234 | 2 | 2 | 895.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,107 | 1 | 0 | 474.6 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,341 | 2 | 0 | 854.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,823 | 1 | 1 | 354.2 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,079 | 1 | 1 | 481.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,579 | 2 | 0 | 775.5 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,304 | 2 | 0 | 868.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,049 | 1 | 1 | 488.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,380 | 1 | 0 | 724.6 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,419 | 2 | 1 | 826.8 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,542 | 7 | 1 | 4539.6 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,086 | 2 | 1 | 648.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,726 | 1 | 0 | 366.8 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,764 | 3 | 1 | 1085.4 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,989 | 13 | 5 | 4349.3 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,006 | 5 | 1 | 1663.3 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,081 | 3 | 0 | 973.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,877 | 1 | 0 | 347.6 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,979 | 1 | 0 | 335.7 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,154 | 1 | 0 | 317.1 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,481 | 5 | 0 | 2015.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,072 | 1 | 0 | 325.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,923 | 2 | 0 | 684.2 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,906 | 3 | 2 | 1574.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,131 | 2 | 0 | 938.5 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,148 | 2 | 0 | 931.1 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,658 | 4 | 0 | 2412.5 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,133 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,268 | 4 | 2 | 3154.6 |
| 2010 Q1 | 4,540 | 7 | 4 | 1541.9 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,764 | 14 | 6 | 3719.4 |
| 2009 Q3 | 4,478 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 4,202 | 1 | 0 | 238.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,612 | 5 | 2 | 1384.3 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2026 · 1 incident
2024 · 1 incident
Employee was in the process of filling chute to fill ore cars with a cable drag. Employee lost their balance and accidentally got their hand in a snatch block resulting in the amputation of the end of the left pinky finger.
2021 · 1 incident
Secondary escapeway is checked once per week, upon inspection noticed secondary escapeway middle of R4 raise back-lagging came loose and hanging wall came in. Plugging Raise at this time. Not sure of exact date or time of incident. No employees were present when this happened.
2019 · 1 incident
Employee was pulling muck using a fin hoe, shoveling muck into ore cart. Right shoulder received strain.
2018 · 1 incident
Moving a Diaphram water pump in the shaft of the mine, standing on uneven ground, when lifting pump, right knee give out.
The full compliance file on Golden Eagle
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.