Mining Incidents

National Projects Inc contractor

Metal / nonmetal
MSHA contractor ID: AJA
Safety record
2
Fatalities
37
Citations
652,729
Employee-hours (2000+)
Rates use contractor-reported employee-hours as the denominator. About 2% of reported hours are dropped as duplicate filings, so the hours total runs slightly low and any per-hour rate reads slightly high. Quarters filed with zero hours are excluded, and hours are reported only from 2000 on.
3.06
Fatalities / million hrs
56.7 citations per million contractor employee-hours, 2000 to present.
Source: MSHA contractor employment/production and accident records, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 2 fatalities
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
  • STRIKING OR BUMPING 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2005
17
2004
6 (2f)

Mines worked

Recorded fatalities

2 recorded
December 5, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Robinson Nevada Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING BOLTS ON THE "DUTCHMAN" ON AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL. THE DOOR OF THE DIPPER WAS BLOCKED OPEN WITH A METAL BAR THAT WAS WELDED IN PLACE. FOR REASONS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE BLOCKING BECAME DISPLACED AND THE DOOR CLOSED, PINNING TWO EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DIPPER.

December 5, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Robinson Nevada Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING BOLTS ON THE "DUTCHMAN" ON AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL. THE DOOR OF THE DIPPER WAS BLOCKED OPEN WITH A METAL BAR THAT WAS WELDED IN PLACE. FOR REASONS UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE BLOCKING BECAME DISPLACED AND THE DOOR CLOSED, PINNING TWO EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE DIPPER.