Mining Incidents

Mosquito: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

PDNG LLC · Surface
Controlled by Pete B Higgins
Fox, Yukon-Koyukuk County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001336

Mosquito has $1K 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 2014
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,012
proposed penalties
$1,012
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
15
inspections on record
194
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: 194 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mosquito has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-02.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 20.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Interior Alaskanna Association 1980 to 2013
  2. PDNG LLC 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 5
2014 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mosquito sits in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska · Population 5,271
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,642
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
2025 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,280 3 0 2343.8
2015 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,792 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,928 1 0 518.7
2014 Q4 2,412 4 1 1658.4
2014 Q3 599 2 0 3338.9
2014 Q2 1,867 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,274 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.