# Platinum Creek Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5001689
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Platinum Group Ore
- **Location:** Bethel, AK
- **Operator:** R A Hanson Company LLC
- **Controller:** Dennis A Hanson; Denise J Hanson
- **Public source rows linked:** 94
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Dennis A Hanson; Denise J Hanson (0125741) → R A Hanson Company LLC (0145393) → Platinum Creek Mine (5001689)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Raymond A  Hanson → Hanson Industries Inc:** 2001-03-01 through 2008-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bruce  Butcher → XS Platinum Inc.:** 2008-04-01 through 2012-10-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Denise J Hanson et al → R A Hanson Company LLC:** 2012-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dennis A Hanson et al → R A Hanson Company LLC:** 2012-10-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 5 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 18 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 21 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $12,964 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 3K employee hours and 8 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 16 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 10 inspection events and 202 published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.14115 — Stationary grinding machines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14115
- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 48.27 — Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-B/section-48.27
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.15005 — Safety belts and lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15005
- **30 CFR 56.4430 — Storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4430
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 5 rows; 2003-07-23 through 2011-07-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-10-01 through 2024-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 20 rows; 2009-08-07 through 2011-09-16; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 8 rows; 2011-10-06 through 2013-10-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 8 rows; 2010-09-03 through 2010-10-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2001-03-01 through 2012-10-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 10 rows; 2009-08-07 through 2018-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 21 rows; 2009-08-07 through 2011-09-16; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/platinum-creek-mine-5001689`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/platinum-creek-mine-5001689`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5001689/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5001689/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5001689/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`