Mining Incidents

Y pit Whitshed: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Eagle Contracting Corporation · Surface
Controlled by David Sjostedt
Valdez, Valdez-Cordova County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001987

Y pit Whitshed has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
11
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,173
proposed penalties
$1,173
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
6
inspections on record
121
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: 121 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Y pit Whitshed 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
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-15.
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.
36.4%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
36.4%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 81.8% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Eagle Contracting Corporation 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 1
2017 0
2016 5
2015 2
2014 0
2013 0
2012 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Y pit Whitshed sits in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Chugach Census Area, Alaska · Population 6,964
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$88,565
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
2019 Q2 2 1 0 500000.0
2019 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 250 3 1 12000.0
2016 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 221 1 0 4524.9
2015 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q3 6,253 0 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.