Mining Incidents

placer mine Metal/Non-Metal

seuffert mining · Surface
Controlled by George Seuffert
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001837

placer mine has $743 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 2010
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$743
proposed penalties
$743
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
203
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: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

placer mine has $743 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.
$743
proposed penalties
$743
current assessed
$743
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-28.
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
2025 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,206 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 302 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 802 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 404 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 203 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,206 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 608 3 1 4934.2
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,410 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,602 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 227 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2012 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 2,650 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 470 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,500 1 0 666.7
2010 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0

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