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Jones Mining: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Jones Mining · Surface
Controlled by Doug Jones
Wiseman, Yukon-Koyukuk County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001952

Jones Mining has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 2015.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
5
inspections on record
21
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: 21 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Jones Mining 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 4
2015 2
2014 3
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Jones Mining sits in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska · Population 5,271
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,642
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2016 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

May 27, 2015 AK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Jones Mining · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

4/1/2015 Employee had hip replacement surgery. 5/27/2015 Employee and his brother went into the mine to begin getting the mine open for the summer. Employee was on very light duty. Employee was in the cabin, sitting down eating lunch. Employee bent down to pick up a salt shaker off the floor and dislocated his hip. The mine was not operating at the time.