Mining Incidents

Mineral Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David Lincoln Dempsey
Valdez, Valdez-Cordova County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001559

Mineral Creek Mine has $464 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 2016
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$464
proposed penalties
$464
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
6
inspections on record
62
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: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mineral Creek Mine has $464 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.
$464
proposed penalties
$464
current assessed
$464
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-30.
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
2018 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,477 2 0 807.4
2016 Q3 2,760 1 0 362.3
2015 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,869 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,271 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 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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