Lucky Shot Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $144 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,844
proposed penalties
$1,485
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $359 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
22
inspections on record
224
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: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lucky Shot Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $144 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$144
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $215 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-13.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$215 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2022-08-23.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2026-07-29
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2026-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mucking Mach. 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
5
2024
2
2023
4
2022
5
2018
5
2017
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lucky Shot Mine 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
2,261
2
0
884.6
2026 Q1
2,467
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
5,760
1
0
173.6
2025 Q3
1,440
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,440
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,440
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,440
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
960
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,744
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,779
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,694
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,243
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,237
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,775
3
0
794.7
2018 Q2
1,033
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,489
1
0
671.6
2017 Q4
3,677
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
March 28, 1988AK · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manFatality · MACHINERY
VICTIM AND 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES. WERE INSTALLING WIRE ROPE FOR AN AERIAL TRAM. THE WIRE ROPE GOT STUCK UNDER A ROCK OUTCROPPING. THEY APPLIED MORE TENSION TO THE ROPE IN ORDER TO FREE IT. THE ROP E SPRANG FREE AND BROKE AWAY FROM ITS ANCHOR BOLT. THE ROPE STRUCK THE VICTIM AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN A MOUNTAIN ABOUT 350 FT.
Reportable incidents
3 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1988 · 2 incidents
September 9, 1988AK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS