Mining Incidents

Granite Creek Portable: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

K&E Alaska · Surface
Sitka, Sitka County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001673

Granite Creek Portable has $4K 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
2002–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,676
proposed penalties
$3,676
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
290
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: 290 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Granite Creek Portable has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
28.1%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
28.1%
reasonably likely or greater
53.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.4% low, 84.4% moderate, 6.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2005-09-01, 21 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-09-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Blaster, Powder Gang
2005-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tisher Construction 2000 to 2018
  2. K&E Alaska 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 5
2016 4
2015 5
2014 5
2013 3
2012 5
2011 6
2010 6
2009 5
2008 7
2007 7
2006 9
2005 9
2004 7
2003 5
2002 6
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Granite Creek Portable sits in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Sitka City and Borough, Alaska · Population 8,393
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$101,207
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 541 1 0 1848.4
2017 Q2 595 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 323 2 1 6192.0
2016 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 509 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 407 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 984 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 941 1 0 1062.7
2014 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 287 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 559 2 0 3577.8
2012 Q2 598 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 296 9 4 30405.4
2011 Q2 337 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 257 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 199 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 394 2 1 5076.1
2010 Q2 835 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 433 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 471 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 692 2 1 2890.2
2008 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,191 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,220 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,136 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 818 5 1 6112.5
2005 Q2 796 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 406 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 723 2 0 2766.3
2003 Q2 1,206 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 365 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 939 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 657 4 1 6088.3
2001 Q3 404 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 262 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

October 21, 2015 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tisher Construction · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Smashed middle & ring finger tips on right hand while adjusting anvils on impact crusher. Lost balance while swinging hammer. I took him to hospital to clan & tape up fingers. No time was lost from work as he was back to work next day.

2002 · 1 incident

July 23, 2002 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Tisher Construction · Struck by flying object

ROCK FELL OUT OF LOADER BUCKET & HIT ANOTHER BOULDER CAUSING IT TO SHATTER AND A FRAGMENT FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.