Mining Incidents

Wells Cargo Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Wells Cargo Inc · Surface
Controlled by Guy M Wells
Las Vegas, Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600460

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
175
citations
36
significant & substantial
$39,704
proposed penalties
$38,232
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 596 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 581 4 1 6884.7
2023 Q1 794 8 0 10075.6
2022 Q4 785 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,297 2 0 1542.0
2022 Q2 1,432 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 25, 2017 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wells Cargo Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While removing an electric motor to be repaired the employee felt a "Pull" in the stomach area. EE was sent to the local medical facility and diagnosed with a hernia.

2009 · 1 incident

June 1, 2009 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Wells Cargo Inc · Struck against a moving object

Public vehicle left the public street and crashed through pit's perimeter fence and went over the berm and landed on first bench 25 feet below.

2008 · 1 incident

September 17, 2008 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
Wells Cargo Inc · Struck by flying object

Operating skid steer when the wind blew up dust on jobsite. Dust got in eye as a result. Operator was using safety glasses.