Mining Incidents

Wash Plant Primary Metal/Non-Metal

QAP · Surface
Controlled by Colas S A
Willow, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5001700

Wash Plant Primary has $8K 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
3
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
55
citations
19
significant & substantial
$8,043
proposed penalties
$8,043
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
355
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: 355 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant Primary has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-13.
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
2025 Q4 1,029 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,490 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,027 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,969 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,823 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,530 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,419 2 0 826.8
2023 Q2 2,061 1 0 485.2
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,477 5 1 2018.6
2022 Q2 3,853 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,276 1 1 783.7
2021 Q3 2,280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,017 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 683 4 0 5856.5
2020 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,491 2 0 802.9
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 578 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,604 5 2 1387.3
2019 Q2 6,776 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 398 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,848 2 0 519.8
2018 Q2 4,829 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,167 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,213 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,418 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,471 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,454 2 0 1375.5
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,574 4 1 2541.3
2015 Q2 2,729 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 713 1 0 1402.5
2014 Q2 1,028 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,685 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,572 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,077 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 820 4 3 4878.0
2008 Q3 3,030 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,270 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,235 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,336 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 407 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 345 7 2 20289.9
2005 Q2 850 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 240 1 1 4166.7
2004 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 1,260 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 526 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,012 5 2 4940.7
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 9 6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 23, 2025 AK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
QAP · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Handle on trailer slipped while lower mast arm, sticking employee on lower face below the lip. Employee given 4 stiches to close the laceration and returned to full duty work.

2021 · 1 incident

October 2, 2021 AK · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
QAP · Struck against a moving object

Employee drove D-10 Dozer over an embankment and dozer fell on its right side. Employee cut right elbow and punctured right shoulder. Both required stitches

2019 · 1 incident

August 5, 2019 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
QAP · Struck against a moving object

Miner was feeding the plant from a high wall with a 988 loader. Face of wall came down into bucket causing miner to hit the ceiling of the loader.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.