Mining Incidents

Primary Wash Plant: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

University Redi-Mix · Surface
Controlled by Colas S A
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5000444

Primary Wash Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Primary Wash Plant.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1991–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
64
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,799
proposed penalties
$7,799
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
391
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: 391 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Primary Wash Plant has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-12.
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.
21.9%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
21.9%
reasonably likely or greater
76.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.7% low, 90.6% moderate, 4.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2015-07-16, 11 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.4 1.28 Washer Operator
2015-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.65 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.61 0.49 Truck Driver
2001-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.37 0.76 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.35 0.94 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. H & H Contractors Inc 1950 to 2006
  2. University Redi-Mix 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 2
2018 4
2017 3
2016 4
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 5
2008 9
2007 20
2006 18
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Primary Wash Plant sits in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · Population 95,555
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$84,722
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
2026 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 461 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 554 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 377 3 0 7957.6
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 183 2 1 10929.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 381 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 280 1 0 3571.4
2018 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 293 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 289 1 0 3460.2
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 643 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 311 4 0 12861.7
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 550 1 0 1818.2
2015 Q2 385 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 822 1 0 1216.5
2012 Q2 237 1 1 4219.4
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 430 1 0 2325.6
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 677 3 2 4431.3
2010 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 317 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 854 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 388 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,224 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,427 1 1 412.0
2008 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,908 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,526 9 2 2552.5
2007 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,590 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,035 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 623 24 6 38523.3
2005 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,008 1 0 992.1
2004 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 4 1
2003 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,815 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 1,340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2000 · 1 incident

1998 · 2 incidents

September 16, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & H Contractors Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS DRAGGING A PIECE OF 11/8" CABLE & SPRAINED HIS LEFT LEG BY PULLYING TOO HARD. HE SAW A DR. WHO INDICATED HE SHOULD REST THE LEG FOR 3 DAYS & THEN GO BACK TO WORK

July 15, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H & H Contractors Inc · Fall from ladders

EE PLACED LADDER ON A CRUSHER & BEGAN CLIMBING THE LOOSE GRAVEL BENEATH THE LEGS SHIFTED & THE LADDER TILTED TO THE SIDE CAUSING THE EE TO FALL

1995 · 1 incident

July 30, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H & H Contractors Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM WALKWAY TO THE GROUND WHEN HIS GRIP ON THE RAILING LOOSENED. HEIGHT WAS 5'.

1991 · 1 incident

June 27, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H & H Contractors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COME ALONG CAME LOOSE CAUSING HOIST TO SLIP AND THE PUMP DOOR HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF THE FOOT.