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Palmer Loading Station Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5000883

Palmer Loading Station has $17K 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
8
Years on record
1987–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
83
citations
16
significant & substantial
$16,862
proposed penalties
$11,300
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
598
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: 598 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Palmer Loading Station has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 4,092 2 0 488.8
2025 Q3 6,533 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,017 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,220 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,237 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,576 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,474 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,100 2 1 392.2
2023 Q2 4,863 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,327 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,260 2 0 319.5
2022 Q2 7,108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,516 3 0 664.3
2021 Q1 1,753 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,710 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,090 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,262 2 0 275.4
2020 Q1 1,860 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,953 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,266 1 0 159.6
2019 Q1 3,050 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,409 1 0 135.0
2018 Q3 11,885 3 0 252.4
2018 Q2 9,665 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,598 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,475 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,148 2 1 245.5
2017 Q2 6,392 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,228 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,103 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11,284 4 2 354.5
2016 Q2 9,064 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,269 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,395 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 12,669 3 1 236.8
2015 Q2 7,279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,724 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,484 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,526 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,294 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,075 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,544 3 3 351.1
2013 Q2 1,393 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 459 1 0 2178.6
2012 Q1 532 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,006 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,468 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,363 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,669 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,876 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,094 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,654 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,792 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,653 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,126 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,586 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,324 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,923 5 1 844.2
2008 Q2 5,533 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 885 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,539 16 4 2446.9
2007 Q2 3,341 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 772 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,430 1 0 411.5
2006 Q3 5,574 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,599 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 843 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,433 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,399 1 0 227.3
2005 Q1 836 4 0 4784.7
2004 Q4 3,273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,585 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,801 8 1 1666.3
2004 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,530 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,037 1 0 198.5
2003 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 15 0
2002 Q3 10,674 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,938 1 1 144.1
2002 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 9,164 2 1 218.2
2001 Q2 6,232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 568 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,474 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,095 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,572 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 25, 2025 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The team member was assisting with the installation of a new Dredge bucket when their left index finger became caught in-between a becket and the work platform causing a laceration.

2023 · 1 incident

June 1, 2023 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was cleaning the deck of the dredge off using a hose and was backing up while pulling the hose. They tripped over the anchor cable and their leg was momentarily caught beneath the cable during the fall causing a dislocation of the kneecap and fracture of the right femur lateral condyle.

2005 · 1 incident

May 31, 2005 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee stepped down off loader, let go of the ladder and stepped back when his heel rolled causing him to fall to the ground striking his wrist on the ground. X-ray revealed a broken bone in his wrist.

2004 · 1 incident

March 16, 2004 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking back to the maintenance shed when he started to walk down on gentle slope, heater conductors had melted some snow and then it re-froze into ice. EE slipped and fell to ground, at the end of the shift, the ee's ankle was swollen and painful. EE took the following day off of work.

1999 · 1 incident

June 26, 1999 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN & NUMBNESS OF LEGS DUE TO REPETITIVE MOVEMENT OF LOADER OPERATION.

1990 · 2 incidents

June 6, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE PLANT WAS UP AND RUNNING AND HE SAW SOME FRAYED WIRE HE TAPED THE WIRE AND WHEN THE TAPE SNAPPED THE ELECTRICITY KNOCKED HIM BACK ABOUT 15 FEET.

1987 · 1 incident

October 2, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRAVEL BANK SLO6GHED AROUND LOADER. OPERATOR SUFFERED CUTS ON HAND AND ARM, AND SUFFERED SORE NECK, BACK AND LEG.

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