Mining Incidents

Silver Gulch Quarry: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vernon B Brice
Fox, Fairbanks North Star County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001357

Silver Gulch Quarry has $4K 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
3
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,393
proposed penalties
$4,393
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
7
inspections on record
70
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: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Silver Gulch Quarry has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-09.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
21.1%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
73.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.8% low, 63.2% moderate, 21.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Yutan Construction Company 1980 to 2017
  2. Silver Gulch Quarry LLC 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 2
2021 3
2020 12
2019 5
2018 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Silver Gulch Quarry 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
2022 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 708 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 382 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,261 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,241 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 465 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 405 14 3 34567.9
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 318 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 465 4 0 8602.2
2018 Q2 383 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 3 incidents

October 10, 2020 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silver Gulch Quarry LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS EXITING THE 450 EXCAVATOR WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE OFF. EE GRABBED THE CATWALK LANDING WHERE EE'S RING GOT CAUGHT AND BROKE EE'S FINGER.

September 23, 2020 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silver Gulch Quarry LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking behind the welding shop, caught a foot, tripped and fell onto the metal pipe bracing of the welding hunt.

July 1, 2020 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Silver Gulch Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SETTING A SHIELD ON THE CEC PLANT AND THE LIFTING EYE FAILED ON THE PLATE TRAPPING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG UNDER THE PLATE