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Sexton Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Nutritional Additives · Surface

Controlled by David Sexton

Winnemucca, Pershing County, NV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2600734

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2002–2011
Latest incident: Mar 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$3,747

proposed penalties

$3,747

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q1	0
2024 Q4	108	0.0
2024 Q3	655	0.0
2024 Q2	60	0.0
2024 Q1	59	0.0
2023 Q4	274	0.0
2023 Q3	396	0.0
2023 Q2	212	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

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 7, 2011 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY

Nutritional Additives · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I was operating a hand held electric drill when the 1/2 inch drill bit caught in the hole. The drill snapped and spun around smashing my hand and wrist between the drill and the forklift r.o.p. and breaking the 1/2 inch bit. My hand and wrist instantly turned black and blue and started to swell.

2002 · 1 incident

June 6, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Sexton Family Trust · Contact with hot objects or substances

USING CUTTING TORCH ON AN OLD VEHICLE TO SALVAGEMOTOR AND TRANNY, JOB WAS DONE AND FOR SOME REASON HE WENT TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WITH TORCH AND IGNITED FUMES IN GAS TANK. NOBODY SAW THE A CCIDENT AND HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.