Mining Incidents

Lucas Pit: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001819

Lucas Pit has $561 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$561
proposed penalties
$561
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
16
inspections on record
97
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: 97 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lucas Pit has $561 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.
$561
proposed penalties
$561
current assessed
$561
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-25.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wilder Construction 2004 to 2008
  2. Granite Construction Company 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 4
2019 1
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2009 0
2008 0
2007 0
2006 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lucas Pit sits in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska · Population 110,677
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$90,625
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
2026 Q2 309 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,212 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 303 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 71 1 0 14084.5
2024 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 993 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 377 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 226 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 296 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 664 1 0 1506.0
2018 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,696 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 389 1 0 2570.7
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 2,208 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,962 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 507 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 542 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,350 1 0 740.7
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 469 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,695 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 50 1 1 20000.0
2006 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 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.