Mining Incidents

Palmer Loading Station Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 5000883

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
83
citations
16
significant & substantial
$16,862
proposed penalties
$11,300
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 4,092 2 0 488.8
2025 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,220 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,274 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,100 2 1 392.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 25, 2025 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The team member was assisting with the installation of a new Dredge bucket when their left index finger became caught in-between a becket and the work platform causing a laceration.

2023 · 1 incident

June 1, 2023 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Employee was cleaning the deck of the dredge off using a hose and was backing up while pulling the hose. They tripped over the anchor cable and their leg was momentarily caught beneath the cable during the fall causing a dislocation of the kneecap and fracture of the right femur lateral condyle.

2005 · 1 incident

May 31, 2005 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee stepped down off loader, let go of the ladder and stepped back when his heel rolled causing him to fall to the ground striking his wrist on the ground. X-ray revealed a broken bone in his wrist.

2004 · 1 incident

March 16, 2004 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking back to the maintenance shed when he started to walk down on gentle slope, heater conductors had melted some snow and then it re-froze into ice. EE slipped and fell to ground, at the end of the shift, the ee's ankle was swollen and painful. EE took the following day off of work.