Mining Incidents

Platinum Mine: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond A Hanson
Good News Bay, Bethel County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5000338

Platinum Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. R A Hanson Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 0
2001 0
1993 0
1992 2
1991 7
1990 0
1989 12
1985 0
1984 5
1983 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Platinum Mine sits in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 5.4% 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.
Bethel Census Area, Alaska · Population 18,487
5.4%
Mining share of county employment
$70,616
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 20, 1989 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Hanson Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING PULLEY FROM CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY,PULLEY FELL IMPACTING FINGER OF LEFT HAND ON SHAFT.LACERATION,MIDDLE,ANTERIOR FINGER OF LEFT AHND REQUIRING SEVEN SUTURES.

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1984 · 2 incidents

June 1, 1984 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Hanson Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS OUTSIDE WORKING ON FUEL TRUCK CAME IN TO MACHINE SHOP THROW SIDE DOOR. THE DOOR WENT UP AGAINST A 4K LB BREAK REPAIR MACHINE WHEN I NAME CLOSED THE DOOR THE BREAK MACHINE FELL DOWN ON HIS LEFT FOOT THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN ON THE 6-1-84 ARE DAY OFF WAS 6-2-84 HE TRIED WORKING ON IT 6-3-84 HOLD BACK UP AND WAS OFF WORK 6-4-84.

May 22, 1984 AK · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Hanson Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME UNLOADING A 5 TON TRUCK THE DRILL STEAL WAS TOO HEAVY HE WAS IN A BAD POSTION AND STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK WESDAY 23 THURSDAY 24 HE STAYED IN BED HIS BACK BECAME MOVE PAINFUL AND VERY HAR D TO MOVE THE EMT WAS NOTATIDE THAT NIGHT AFTER EXAMING DR RECOMANDEATION WAS TO FLY HIM TO ANCHORAGE TO HOSHITLE.

1983 · 1 incident

May 12, 1983 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Hanson Company Inc · Struck by flying object

LEFT EYE HAD A SLIVER OF METAL IN THE CORNERA WAS SENT TO BETHEL FAMILY CLINIC TO HAVE SMALL PC OF METAL REMOVED