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: 22 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
4
2020
3
2016
2
2014
2
2013
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Sweepstakes Creek sits in Nome Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Nome Census Area, Alaska · Population 9,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$76,643
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 Q4
320
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,200
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
720
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
512
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
80
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
40
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3
190
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2020 · 1 incident
July 27, 2020AK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mon. 7/27/20 around 2pm EE cleaning & fixing things in hydraulic pump room & attempting to move a die press & couldn't handle the weight when it shifted & fell to ground knocking EE down & hitting rt foot. It swelled up immediately, EE went to cabin & iced & elevated. Took OTC pain reliever. EE declined flight out to have it checked. EE decided Tues 8/4 should get it checked.