Data / Mines / Alaska / Fort Knox Mine
Fort Knox Mine: 87 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Fort Knox Mine is an active gold ore surface mine in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, operated by Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc with 665 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 5001616). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 87 citations and orders there with $113,000 in proposed penalties, and 43 accident reports were filed there, with 40 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 5001616
- Status
- Active since May 2, 1995
- Main commodity
- Gold ore
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Fairbanks North Star, Alaska
- Nearest town
- Fairbanks
- Operator
- Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc
- Parent company
- Kinross Gold Corporation
- Employees
- 665
- MSHA field office
- Anchorage AK Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 87
- Significant and substantial
- 16 (18.4%)
- Closure orders
- 4
- High negligence or reckless
- 12
- Proposed penalties
- $113,000
- Amount paid so far
- $92,440
- Inspections
- 54
- Inspector hours on site
- 962
- Citations per inspection
- 1.61 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 43
- Injury and illness cases
- 40
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 15, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 14 ($4,215 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19 | 2 | $20,154 | 6 |
| 2023 | 26 | 9 | $53,230 | 10 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1 | $7,436 | 5 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | $9,068 | 11 |
| 2026 | 15 | 2 | $23,112 | 8 |
Standards cited most at Fort Knox Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 56.12006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.16006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14103 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Fort Knox Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 11 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 28 |
What the accident reports at Fort Knox Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 12 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 9 |
| Slip or fall of person | 9 |
| Machinery | 7 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Explosives and breaking agents | 1 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Nonpowered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Fort Knox Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 9 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 3 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 3 |
| Front-end loader | 2 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Welding machine | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - on highway trucks | 1 |
| Shovel | 1 |
| Conveyor | 1 |
| Rock drill | 1 |
Other open mines in Fairbanks North Star, Alaska
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Creek Mine | Alaska Goldmine LLC | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Gold ore | 3 | 33 |
| Goldstream | Big Sky Exploration LLC | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Gold ore | 22 | 19 |
| H C Contractors Crusher | HC Contractors, LLC. | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 13 |
| Wild Goose | Quasar Gold Corp | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Gold ore | 10 | 9 |
| Portable Crusher | Great Northwest Inc | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 9 |
| Elvira Pit | HC Contractors, LLC. | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 12 | 8 |
| F S & G Aggregate Inc | F S & G Aggregate Inc | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 8 |
| Dredge | Great Northwest Inc | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 8 |
| H C Redi-Mix LLC | H C Redi-Mix LLC | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Fox Mine | Polar Mining Inc | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Gold ore | 5 | 5 |
| Fairbanks Excavation Mine | Fairbanks Excavation, LLC | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Gold ore | 8 | 4 |
| Blackhawk Gravel Pit | Blackhawk Works | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 4 |
| Primary Wash Plant | Secon | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 3 |
| Mobile Plant #3 | Secon | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 1 |
| Portable #3 | HC Contractors, LLC. | Fairbanks North Star, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.