Mining Incidents

NANA Construction Portable: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

NANA Construction LLC · Surface
Controlled by NANA North LLC
Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic County, AK  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 5001946

NANA Construction Portable 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
2
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,169
proposed penalties
$1,169
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
13
inspections on record
176
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: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NANA Construction Portable 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 2025-07-31.
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
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
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. Drake Construction Inc 2010 to 2026
  2. NANA Construction LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 8
2023 4
2022 1
2021 0
2020 6
2018 0
2017 4
2016 4
2015 1
2014 4
2013 3
2012 4
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NANA Construction Portable sits in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 6.4% 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.
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska · Population 7,611
6.4%
Mining share of county employment
$81,298
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 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 1 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 1 0
2024 Q3 1,075 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,758 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 1 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 3,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,572 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 6,774 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,330 1 0 300.3
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 688 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 703 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,578 1 0 387.9
2014 Q2 1,670 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 310 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,882 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 2,700 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,792 5 1 2790.2
2011 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2024 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drake Construction Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was helping repair a broken conveyor belt splice. Employee was pulling on the conveyor belt and felt a pain in left shoulder.

July 17, 2024 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Drake Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trimming a conveyor belt while doing a Flexco Super Screw splice with a utility knife when it slipped cutting EE's left ring finger. The cut required 2 stitches.