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: 133 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Walker Fork has $350 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.
$350
proposed penalties
$350
current assessed
$350
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-09-08.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
4
2024
4
2023
4
2022
3
2021
6
2020
5
2019
6
2018
5
2017
6
2016
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Walker Fork 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
2026 Q2
1,105
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,864
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,105
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,799
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,110
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,335
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,137
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,114
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2
107
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,000
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,216
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,789
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,846
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,314
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
671
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,358
1
0
297.8
2018 Q2
2,989
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
669
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
4,199
2
1
476.3
2017 Q2
3,108
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,527
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,053
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2021 · 1 incident
August 6, 2021AK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lifting/moving bulldozer ripper tooth while welding. Injury to middle/lower back/spasms/pain to lower back. Injury occurred in the yard onsite at the mine.