Metco River Bar & Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Metco Alaska, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Joe Tougas; Cole Petersen
Seward,
Kenai Peninsula County,
AK
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001167
Metco River Bar & Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
53
citations
18
significant & substantial
$7,548
proposed penalties
$7,548
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
25
inspections on record
374
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 374 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Metco River Bar & Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 203 | 1 | 0 | 4926.1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 382 | 1 | 1 | 2617.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 282 | 2 | 0 | 7092.2 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 317 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 353 | 2 | 0 | 5665.7 |
| 2021 Q1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 264 | 2 | 1 | 7575.8 |
| 2019 Q2 | 894 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 379 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 414 | 1 | 0 | 2415.5 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,321 | 6 | 4 | 4542.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,018 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 192 | 5 | 2 | 26041.7 |
| 2015 Q2 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 689 | 2 | 0 | 2902.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 10752.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 443 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 523 | 2 | 0 | 3824.1 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 498 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 19417.5 |
| 2011 Q2 | 652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 754 | 2 | 1 | 2652.5 |
| 2010 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 484 | 2 | 0 | 4132.2 |
| 2008 Q2 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 85 | 14 | 6 | 164705.9 |
| 2007 Q3 | 3,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 849 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 542 | 5 | 0 | 9225.1 |
| 2005 Q2 | 655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 26315.8 |
| 2001 Q3 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 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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