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: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sitka has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-17.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sitka sits in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Sitka City and Borough, Alaska · Population 8,393
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$101,207
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
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
30
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
142
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
30
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
90
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4
60
1
0
16666.7
2001 Q3
180
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
320
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
280
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
160
4
2
25000.0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
200
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
March 31, 1984AK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · MACHINERY
MIKE CALLAHAN HAD SHIRT HAGGING OUT OF PANTS HE WAS WARNED EARLIER IN DAY ABOUT IT. HE WAS TIGHTING SPRING & WAS DONE. STRAIGHTED UP GOT SHIRT H IN SPROCKET HE PULLED IT OUT & LEANED RIGHT BAC K INTO SPROCKET THIS TIME IT CAUGHT BOTH OF HIS SHIRTS AND TWISTED HIM UP.
Reportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1988 · 1 incident
July 21, 1988AK · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON