Mining Incidents

Slate Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Slate Creek Mining · Surface
Chistochina, Valdez-Cordova County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001548

Slate Creek Mine has $253 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
2
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$253
proposed penalties
$253
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
2
inspections on record
18
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: 18 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Slate Creek Mine has $253 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.
$253
proposed penalties
$253
current assessed
$253
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-10.
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
2020 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,800 2 1 1111.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

August 19, 1992 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prospector · Struck by falling object

9?514E HIT WITH A ROCK -BASEBALL SIZE-WHILE UNCLOGGING THE FEEDER.

1991 · 1 incident

July 7, 1991 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Prospector · Contact with hot objects or substances

I BELIEVE I NAME PUT A FLAMMABLE LIQUID ON TO AMBERS OR A BURNING FLAME IT IGNITED & BURNED HIS FOREARMS

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.