MINE DETAILS
K-2 Mine Site
MSHA MINE ID4503336
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- K-2 Mine Site48.88944, -118.69139Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ 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 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17
Violations
432 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
00 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
10,246.0043 of 43 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
319.009 inspections · 9 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 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2 | 0 | 1,281.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 9 | 0 | 1,753.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 5 | 0 | 1,153.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 1 | 2,016.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 0 | 1,556.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99.8 |
| 2026-Q3 | 12 | 1 | 2,487.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
48.11(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed
57.12025 · $151.00 proposed
57.14132(b)(2) · $288.00 proposed
57.14100(b) · $366.00 proposed
57.14100(b) · $366.00 proposed
57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
57.4104(b) · $151.00 proposed
57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
57.20003(a) · S&S · $245.00 proposed
57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
57.14100(c) · $165.00 proposed
57.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 76.8 on-site hours
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 13.5 on-site hours
57.8534(a) · $226.00 proposed
62.130(a) · $151.00 proposed
57.14100(b) · $549.00 proposed
57.12004 · $151.00 proposed
57.23003(a) · $151.00 proposed
57.12018 · $177.00 proposed
57.14100(c) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 86.3 on-site hours
57.9300 · $151.00 proposed
57.4102 · $151.00 proposed
57.11051(a) · S&S · $959.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.
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 CorporationcontrolsEcho Bay Exploration Inc.operatesK-2 Mine Site
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4503336—
Echo Bay Mines LtdcontrolsEcho Bay Minerals CompanyoperatesK-2 Mine Site
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4503336Other 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
36 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 280 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD3 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
144 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $52,724 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY79 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
106 personal; 8 area. 29 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 EXPOSURE114 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
25K employee hours and 57 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2002-Q40 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
1 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE12 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 CONTEXT10 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
86 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE25 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202602081100 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Diamond Drill Operator | 0.38× published limitConcentration: 0000.43 · limit: 0001.12Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F030B55 |
| 000000202602081200 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc. | 0.24× published limitConcentration: 0000.32 · limit: 0001.35Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F030B55 |
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 48.11Hazard training.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.12025Grounding circuit enclosures.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14132Horns and backup alarms for surface equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.4 recent rows ↗30 CFR 57.20003Housekeeping.4 recent rows ↗30 CFR 57.4104Combustible waste.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
855637648.11(a)(1)Citation
855637557.12025Citation
855637457.14132(b)(2)Citation
510716557.14100(b)Citation
510716457.14100(b)Citation
855637357.20003(a)Citation
855637257.4104(b)Citation
855637157.20003(a)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
TC from EC @ 160Mucking Mach. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
TC @ 160Mucking Mach. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
ORGANIC CARBONMucking Mach. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
EC @ 160Mucking Mach. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
TC from EC @ 160Drill Helper
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
TC @ 160Drill Helper
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
ORGANIC CARBONDrill Helper
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
EC @ 160Drill Helper
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors36Apr 29, 2001—Aug 3, 2022mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Feb 22, 2017—Feb 22, 2017mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal140Apr 15, 2000—Aug 13, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal4Mar 13, 2001—Jun 12, 2019mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal7Sep 22, 2000—Jun 26, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal1Oct 25, 2018—Oct 25, 2018mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,793Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety386Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Jan 1, 1995—Aug 25, 2003mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance36Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance58Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance86Jan 6, 2000—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety8Mar 8, 2022—May 19, 2026mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety106Aug 28, 2002—May 19, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal144Apr 15, 2000—Aug 13, 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.