Platinum Creek Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
21
citations
8
significant & substantial
$12,964
proposed penalties
$1,846
paid to date
14% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,118 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
10
inspections on record
202
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: 202 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Platinum Creek Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-16.
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
2012 Q3
907
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
3,250
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
23,798
3
1
126.1
2011 Q2
12,094
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
6,710
4
3
596.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
19,300
4
1
207.3
2010 Q2
7,835
9
3
1148.7
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
6,066
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
12,000
1
0
83.3
2009 Q2
1,000
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,590
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
2,828
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,134
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,004
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q3
5,979
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,451
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2011 · 3 incidents
July 28, 2011AK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
When removing 6" valve, last bolt was shorter than the other bolts and valve dropped short distance and rolled onto employees right hand.
July 12, 2011AK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee walking down off small dirt knob where excavator was setting to ground level. Employee slipped on the loose ground and fell to his side, dislocating his shoulder.
THE EE WAS HAND LEVELING THE FLOOR OF A SHALLOW TRENCH FOR A SEWER LEECH FIELD. A SIDE WALL CAVE AND BURIED THE MANS LEGS UP TO HIS KNEES. HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED CAUSING THE INJURY. THE MAN WAS FLOWN TO THE DILLINGHAM HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.
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