Mining Incidents

Ueeck Pit: 105 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Jacob White · Surface
Controlled by Jacob White
Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks County, AK  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 5001843

Ueeck Pit has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
105
citations
23
significant & substantial
$12,828
proposed penalties
$286
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,542 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
9
inspections on record
88
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: 88 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ueeck Pit has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$286
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $286 in penalties contested before the Commission, $286 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-08-22.
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.
40.4%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
40.4%
reasonably likely or greater
49.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 98.2% moderate, 1.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$286 proposed, $286 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-12-19.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2019-0120 Default Bulluck 2019 $286 → $286
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Sunshine Services 2006 to 2017
  2. MVPS LLC 2017 to 2024
  3. Jacob White 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2009 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ueeck Pit sits in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska · Population 6,936
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$74,223
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 125 1 1 8000.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.