MINE DETAILS
Fort Knox Mine
MSHA MINE ID5001616
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Fort Knox Mine65.07278, -146.52194Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
2,152,613reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 367,802 | 0.00 | 685 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 360,874 | 0.00 | 685 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 360,604 | 0.00 | 685 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 372,715 | 0.00 | 685 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 354,273 | 0.00 | 685 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 336,345 | 0.00 | 685 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
285 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
220 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
32,835.0026 of 28 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
366.2520 inspections · 20 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 7 | 2 | 7,365.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 0 | 1,477.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 226.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 5 | 42.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 12 | 2 | 2,330.00 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 152.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 4 | 0 | 877.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47.8 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 1 | 20,560.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 61.5 on-site hours
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
While prying bar slipped and chipped tooth
FIRE · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
Pulley bearing failed and caught fire leading to drive tower/belt #1 fire.
Non-Injury Accident Investigation · 72.0 on-site hours
Description not reported
FIRE · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
Until the fire investigation is complete, we are unable to determine the cause of the fire to the truck.
Non-Injury Accident Investigation · 11.0 on-site hours
Description not reported
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Fueler lost grip of hose while retracting, allowing end of hose to strike their face.
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 8.0 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
An employee was in the process of re-inserting HQ split tube into a core tube. During the task, the split encountered ice inside of the tube and the employees hand slipped while applying pressure to the split tube. the sharp edge of the frozen split tube sliced through the employee's glove, resulting in a laceration to the employees left thumb.
Non-Injury Accident Investigation · 5.0 on-site hours
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
While a Hitachi EX 5600 hydraulic shovel was digging in a shot pattern it is suspected it contacted an undetonated booster.
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 12.0 on-site hours
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 4.0 on-site hours
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 13.5 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Driver statement: The tarp was in a bind, driver climbed up on the front of the trailer to help work the tarp over whatever it was hung up on. Where the tarp pole connected to the motor, it broke loose, and struck my finger.
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Grinder slipped while in use, causing laceration to leg.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
While IP was lifting drill rod to string, the rod slipped. IP reached down to grab rod and placed finger under pin end of rod pinching between box end and pin end of rod.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was cutting sheathing from wires when tool slipped and cut EE's hand through EE's gloves.
56.5001(a)/56.5005 · $226.00 proposed
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Removing GET from lip of bucket. Was using a pry bar and soft face hammer to work the old tooth off with the crane attached. The tooth was moving and I was using the hammer to walk the adapter forward. When hitting the adapter a piece of the corner of the adapter splintered off and hit my left inner thigh.
Health Technical Investigation · 25.0 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Placing wheel chocks into pickup truck, swinging a bit too much and feeling pain in lower back.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 7.0 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Kinross Gold CorporationcontrolsFairbanks Gold Mining IncoperatesFort Knox Mine
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 5001616Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
323 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 2,197 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD53 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
517 violation rows across the full record; 87 carry an S&S flag and $285,179 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY160 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
713 personal. 16 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE713 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
336K employee hours and 685 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
52 contested-violation rows, 52 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 41 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE145 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
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.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT38 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
189 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE64 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 18, 2026. 50 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202600723100 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Welder, etc. | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.14 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F008C44 |
| 000000202600723200 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 0.25× published limitConcentration: 0000.25 · limit: 0001.02Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER TERMINATEDInspection F008C44 |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 48.27Training of miners assigned to a task in which they have had no previous experience; minimum courses of instruction.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.15005Safety belts and lines.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12030Correction of dangerous conditions.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12016Work on electrically-powered equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14107Moving machine parts.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
968724748.27(a)(1)S&S
968772256.15005Citation
968772156.12030Citation
968772056.14100(b)Citation
968768756.12004Citation
989082856.12016Citation
510551056.20003(a)Citation
510550956.14107(a)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgDrill Operator, Rotary
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Zinc oxide fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Vanadium fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0050.00Source unit unspecified
Nickel fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0003.00Source unit unspecified
Molybdenum fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0020.00Source unit unspecified
Manganese fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.02Concentration: 0000.08 · limit: 0005.00Source unit unspecified
Magnesium oxide fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.04 · limit: 0020.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors323Jan 28, 2000—Sep 15, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1May 2, 1995—May 2, 1995mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal501Jun 12, 2000—Aug 23, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal52Feb 19, 2009—Feb 4, 2022mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal41Oct 8, 2002—Feb 19, 2025mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal52Apr 27, 2007—Jul 20, 2021mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety5,380Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety1,066Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance1Jan 1, 1950—Jan 1, 1950mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance189Jun 8, 2000—Aug 22, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety713Mar 6, 2001—May 12, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal517Jun 12, 2000—Aug 23, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.