Mining Incidents

Sound Quarry Rock Sorter Metal/Non-Metal

Sound Quarry Inc. · Surface
Nome, Nome County, AK  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 5001881

Sound Quarry Rock Sorter 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
2
Years on record
2009–2017
Latest incident
Jul 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
22
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,841
proposed penalties
$3,841
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
17
inspections on record
179
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: 179 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sound Quarry Rock Sorter 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
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-21.
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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 3,600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,360 3 0 2205.9
2019 Q3 9,556 3 2 313.9
2019 Q2 9,408 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 4,174 3 0 718.7
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 6,703 1 1 149.2
2017 Q2 5,365 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 646 7 4 10835.9
2013 Q2 258 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 97 3 3 30927.8
2012 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,750 2 0 1142.9
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 7,027 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

July 21, 2017 AK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Knik Construction Co., Inc. · Contact with heat

Employee went to the truck to grab a sweater. EE felt dizzy and blacked out and collapsed. Another employee was near by and shook ee to wakeup. Employee was escorted to the doctors where it was determined that ee passed out from heat exhaustion. EE was given fluids and sent home

2009 · 1 incident

July 12, 2009 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knik Construction Co., Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking and rolled ankle, when he went to recover he fell and hit knee on a rock.

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