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: 578 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
True North Mine 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
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-11-16.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2003-01-08, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-01-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.57
Mechanic
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-01-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Road Grader Operator
2003-01-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2002-01-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
0.79
0.71
Shovel Operator
2002-01-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Road Grader Operator
2002-01-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-01-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
0.66
0.92
Drill Operator, Rotary
2002-01-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
True North Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Alaska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.19 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003
3.46
2.59
0.000
2002
3.01
2.01
0.000
2001
1.41
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
0
2008
1
2007
5
2006
5
2005
7
2004
23
2003
99
2002
98
2001
65
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
True North Mine sits in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · Population 95,555
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$84,722
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
Employee was stripping the outer insulation off of #6 gauge submersable electric wire (outer diameter 1-1/16") utilizing a razor knife. The knife blade slipped/skipped off the poly-vinyl insulation. Upon slipping off of the insulation, the knife blade came in contact with the inner left leg, approx 4" above the knee, causing a laceration.
While walking, the ee slipped and fell on the snow. The ee attempted to arrest his fall with his right hand. He jammed his right index when his hand contacted ground. This is a first aid occurrence.
2006 · 1 incident
June 14, 2006AK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee bent over to move an ore truck radiator and felt a pain in his lower back as he slid the radiator to the side.*Employee is back on restricted work*
2004 · 2 incidents
November 27, 2004AK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS BEGINNIGN TO TROUBLESHOOT A REPORTED STEERING PROBLEM WITH TRUCK, EE WAS SITTING IN SEATM RESTING LEFT ARM ON STEERING WHEEL WHILE REMOVING SHROUD SCREWS UNDER CONSOLE, WHEEL INDEPENDENTLY TURNED THROUGH2-3 REVS, LEFT ARM BECAME CAUGHT IN WHEEL AND WEDGED AGAINST RETARDER LEVER, ARM BROKE BETWEEN ELBOW AND SHOULDER.
September 24, 2004AK · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE DOING A PRE-TRIP INSPECTION EMPLOYEE STARTED TO CLIMB INTO HIS TRACTOR & HIS FEET SLIPPED. EE FELL & HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE STEP WHILE CATCHING HIMSELF WITH THE HANDRAIL.
OPERATOR WAS CHECKING OIL IN DOZER #3 (D2-3), SLIPPED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF DOZER, FELL BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM. INJURED LEFT HIP & PINKY FINGER, HAD ABRASIONS ON RIGHT SHIN.
WHILE WALKING FROM THE TRUCK TO THE SHOT AND HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE THAT RESULTED IN AN INJURY.
August 18, 2003AK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
OPERATING DOZER (D-10), BLADE CAUGHT ROCK, EE FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE BACK.
February 23, 2002AK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON