MINE DETAILS
Red Dog Operations
MSHA MINE ID5001545
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Red Dog Operations68.04611, -162.43389Open 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
3,480,248reported 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 | 270,421 | 0.00 | 260 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 416,230 | 0.00 | 418 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 1,485,066 | 0.00 | 2,247 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 325,288 | 0.00 | 315 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 477,670 | 0.00 | 474 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 505,573 | 0.00 | 504 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
737 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
270 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
40,601.0072 of 73 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
703.2526 inspections · 26 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 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 18 | 1 | 23,021.00 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 208.8 |
| 2025-Q3 | 3 | 0 | 467.00 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 91.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 17 | 1 | 5,400.00 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 194.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 0 | 453.00 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 74.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 32 | 5 | 11,260.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 128.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 115.5 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
At this time the employee started removing the lead from the light and then that's when a big piece of dried up lead fell from above the light fixture and landed on EE's left thumb, that EE had holding onto the ladder with.
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 11.0 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
IP was walking and slipped. IP attempted to break the fall by sticking out the right arm. Struck right hand on rocks on the ground, resulting in a laceration to the right middle finger requiring sutures.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Sep 26, 2025: Employee felt knee pop pulling lift stand, notified supervisor of soreness. Visited clinic, advised knee brace, returned to work. Sep 27-28: Knee swollen, moved to Planning Bay Office. Sep 29-Oct 2: Evaluation. Oct 2-16: R&R. Oct 13: Doctor notes surgery needed, light duty. Oct 17-: Planning Bay Office.
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Operator stated that while the rock truck was being loaded, dust/debris had blown into the open window and into left eye causing irritation. The on site medic diagnosed that their cornea was scratched. Antibiotics were prescribed to prevent infection.
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 2.5 on-site hours
Spot Inspection · 22.5 on-site hours
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
At the beginning of dayshift grinding operator reported an injury that occurred before getting off work on 9/6/25. The grinding operator was trying to unsand a sump pump pipe in 2004 by hammering on it with a mallet. When swinging at the pipe, the operator smashed EE's right ring finger on an angle iron fracturing it
POWERED HAULAGE · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
EE was lifting the cab of a bobcat skid steer. As the cab was lifted up, the door fell closed, catching the tip of EE's left middle finger. This resulted in a fracture to the tip of the finger requiring sutures.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 5.0 on-site hours
50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed
50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
Accident narrative
While performing a normal task that involved pulling a hose using a specific tool ( Fork). The task required prolonged physical effort over the course of several hours, a blister developed on the operators right hand from repeated pulling motion. The blister became infected, requiring treatment from the onsite clinic with antibiotics.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 21.0 on-site hours
POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) · OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
Accident narrative
Employee was exposed to <2ppm of SO2 with caused throat irritation. and agitated a preexisting condition unrelated to the mining environment. Was treated at the onsite clinic. Prescribed an inhaler for treatment.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
While changing out light fixture on the fuel island. The light was positioned in a way that the light was not illuminating the ground. Once one bolt was loose, they proceeded to loosen the second bolt, and that's when the fixture containing the light pivoted in a downward manner, smashing the employee's right middle finger.
56.20003(c) · $165.00 proposed
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
A mechanic was removing a driveline from a vehicle. While prying the U-joint away from the yoke the pry bar slipped off the yoke and struck the employee in the mouth. This resulted in a chipped tooth and a lip contusion. Employee was seen by the medic and cleared to return to work.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 16.5 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 24.0 on-site hours
56.5001(a)/.5005 · $592.00 proposed
56.4101 · $151.00 proposed
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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Teck Resources LimitedcontrolsTeck Alaska IncoperatesRed Dog Operations
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 5001545Other 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
523 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 7,136 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD88 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
1,429 violation rows across the full record; 244 carry an S&S flag and $831,543 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY425 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
551 personal; 5 area. 28 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 EXPOSURE556 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
506K employee hours and 504 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
209 contested-violation rows, 214 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 30 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE453 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 CONTEXT33 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
218 inspection events and 12K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE90 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 18, 2026. 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
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 56.4101Warning signs.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14207Parking procedures for unattended equipment.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14107Moving machine parts.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.16006Protection of gas cylinder valves.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
510160956.4101Citation
510160856.14207Citation
510160756.14107(a)Citation
510160656.14107(a)Citation
510160556.20003(a)Citation
510160456.12004Citation
510160356.16006Citation
510160256.20003(a)S&S
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 00.09Concentration: 0014.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 00.13Concentration: 0019.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 03.95Concentration: 0592.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 04.55Concentration: 0682.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 05.00Concentration: 0750.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 00.14Concentration: 0065.00 · limit: 0450.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 00.04Concentration: 0006.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead, inorganic dustFlotation/Concentrator Oper.
C/E: 00.17Concentration: 0026.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors523Jan 12, 2000—Sep 20, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Mar 16, 1988—Mar 16, 1988mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal1,404Mar 21, 2000—May 17, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal214Nov 27, 2001—Aug 27, 2025mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal30Jan 12, 2010—May 28, 2024mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal209Jan 21, 2007—Oct 6, 2024mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety4,471Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety947Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance1Mar 1, 1988—Mar 1, 1988mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance218Mar 20, 2000—Sep 13, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety5Sep 22, 2024—Sep 10, 2025mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety551Nov 7, 2000—Dec 31, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal1,429Mar 20, 2000—May 17, 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.