Mining Incidents

Kougarok Dredge Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Nome, Nome County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5000482

Kougarok Dredge Pit has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,010
proposed penalties
$967
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
15
inspections on record
146
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: 146 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kougarok Dredge Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$967
current assessed
$967
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-12.
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
2025 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,095 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,655 1 0 604.2
2023 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,945 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,580 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 790 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 495 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q3 3,330 1 0 300.3
2017 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,850 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,000 6 2 6000.0
2015 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,830 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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