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

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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
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 1,029 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 3,490 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 3,969 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,530 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
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.