Employee was at ground level on the dirt. Employee lost footing/balance, and while falling grabbed a metal beam with a sharp edge. This caused a laceration on employee's left index finger. The laceration required six stitches.
Wulfenstein Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Wulfenstein Construction Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
PRS Holdings, Inc
Pahrump,
Nye County,
NV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2601506
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2021–2024
- Latest incident
- Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
168
citations
22
significant & substantial
$51,755
proposed penalties
$51,755
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,662 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,850 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,616 | 11 | 0 | 2383.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,008 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,083 | 3 | 1 | 1440.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,386 | 7 | 2 | 2067.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,130 | 6 | 0 | 1916.9 |
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 file2024 · 1 incident
August 8, 2024
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wulfenstein Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
2021 · 1 incident
November 2, 2021
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wulfenstein Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was conducting maintenance on screen underbelt pulley, to replace the pulley belts. EE stood on the sand stacker tail pulley cage (adjacent to and under the screen underbelt), to remove the guard covering the pulley belt. EE lost footing, and fell. As EE fell, EE's left hand, ring finger tip caught in the mesh of the guard, and was amputated.