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Pogo Mine, Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska: 281 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pogo Mine is an active gold ore underground mine in Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska, operated by Northern Star (Pogo) LLC with 749 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 5001642). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 281 citations and orders there with $161,404 in proposed penalties, and 133 accident reports were filed there, with 122 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 5001642
- Status
- Active since January 17, 2006
- Main commodity
- Gold ore
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska
- Nearest town
- Delta Junction
- Operator
- Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
- Parent company
- Northern Star Resources Ltd
- Employees
- 749
- MSHA field office
- Anchorage AK Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 281
- Significant and substantial
- 31 (11.0%)
- Closure orders
- 12
- High negligence or reckless
- 17
- Proposed penalties
- $161,404
- Amount paid so far
- $107,839
- Inspections
- 89
- Inspector hours on site
- 2,340
- Citations per inspection
- 3.16 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 133
- Injury and illness cases
- 122
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 12, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 57 ($17,316 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 | 62 | 11 | $24,597 | 33 |
| 2023 | 65 | 7 | $92,268 | 27 |
| 2024 | 74 | 6 | $22,934 | 16 |
| 2025 | 48 | 4 | $14,237 | 26 |
| 2026 | 32 | 3 | $7,368 | 20 |
Standards cited most at Pogo 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 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 21 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 57.3360 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 57.14130 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.20011 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.11052 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.11016 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 50.20 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.4101 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
Injury and illness cases at Pogo 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 | 74 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 47 |
What the accident reports at Pogo Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 51 |
| Slip or fall of person | 22 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 15 |
| Machinery | 11 |
| Fall of roof or back | 7 |
| Other | 6 |
| Powered haulage | 5 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 5 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 3 |
| Explosives and breaking agents | 2 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Pogo Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 15 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 14 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 9 |
| Trucks | 7 |
| Mucking machine | 7 |
| Pump | 6 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 4 |
| Pneumatic blasting agent loader | 2 |
| Front-end loader | 2 |
| Mancar | 1 |
Other open mines in Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Plant #4 | Secon | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| HGC Gravel Pit 1 | Heritage General Contracting | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Lost Chicken Mine | BS Gold Ventures Ltd | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Gold ore | 3 | 2 |
| Delta Wash Plant | Secon | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 2 |
| Carns Gravel Pit | Delta Industrial Services Inc | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 1 |
| Walker Fork Mine | Mackinaw Gold, LLC | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Gold ore | 0 | 1 |
| Manh Choh | Peak Gold LLC | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Gold ore | 100 | 0 |
| Walker Fork | Ajax Mining Alaska Inc | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Gold ore | 5 | 0 |
| Golden Vista Mine and Exploration LLC | Golden Vista Mining and Exploration LLC | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Gold ore | 3 | 0 |
| HRS Delta Pit | Heritage Rock & Services | Southeast Fairbanks, AK | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 0 |
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.