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VEGA-PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 Metal/Non-Metal

VEGA CONSTRUCTION & TRUCKING, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Enos L Vega; Michael Vega; Gerald R Vega

elko, Elko County, NV · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2601862

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2007
Latest incident: Nov 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

225

citations

significant & substantial

$85,628

proposed penalties

$85,628

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	4,068	13	4	3195.7
2025 Q3	4,675	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,950	4	0	1012.7
2025 Q1	433	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	3,816	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,125	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,217	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	509	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

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

November 2, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Vega Construction & Trucking Co. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conveyor had been running for approx. 10 minutes to warm up. Due to frost, the belt was slipping. He gained access to head pulley by standing on the handrail and placed his left hand over the existing guard. The pulley entrapped his hand and it was crushed.