Slate Creek Mine: 2 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Slate Creek Mining
· Surface
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
1
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
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.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Prospector
1988 to 2018
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Slate Creek Mining
2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2020 |
2 |
| 2019 |
2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Slate Creek Mine sits in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 1.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Copper River Census Area, Alaska · Population 2,626
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,053
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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