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Ash Meadows Plant & Mine Metal/Non-Metal

St. Cloud Mining Company · Facility

Controlled by Equalizer Inc

Pahrump, Nye County, NV · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2602104

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2002–2012
Latest incident: Jun 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$17,585

proposed penalties

$17,585

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 Q4	57	0.0
2025 Q3	0
2025 Q2	792	0.0
2025 Q1	0
2024 Q4	0
2024 Q3	0
2024 Q2	0
2024 Q1	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 25, 2012 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

St. Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I was showing an employee a proper stacking pattern for 50 lb bags on a pallet and as I was turning I felt a sharp pain and heard a popping sound in my right knee, also quite a bit of pain. EE - Plant Manager St. Cloud Mining Co. - Ash Meadows Plant p.s. I'm also the injured employee

2004 · 4 incidents

September 30, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ash Meadows LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING AN OPEN HOPPER TO HELP IT DUMP WHEN HE OVEREXERTED HIMSELF AND AGGREVATED AN OLD INJURY (HERNIA). ORIGINAL INJURY OCCURRED APRIL 12, 2001 WHILE EMPLOYED AT IMV. PART OF BODY AFFECTED WAS THE RIGHT GROIN AREA. ASSOCIATE WORKED THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFTS THEN CALLED IN SORE MONDAY MORNING AND MISSED THE NEXT TWO SCHEDULED SHIFTS.

July 23, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ash Meadows LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was using plastic pipe cleaner to prepare pipe for glue. EE wiped his brow with bare hand and continued working and continued to sweat. The sweat ran off his brow into his left eye causing a burn on the cornea.

July 9, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Ash Meadows LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE FINISHED REBUILDING THE H20 PUMP & WAS READY TO REMOUNT TO THE H20 TRUCK. USING A HYDRAULIC BOTTOM JACK TWO WORKERS STARTED TO JACK UP THE PUMP IN PLACE. DURING THE ALIGNMENT OF MOUNTING HOLES THE PUMP FELL OFF JACK HITTING EE'S MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE FLOOD. EE WENT TO DOCTOR ON MONDAY 7/12/04.

February 26, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ash Meadows LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT ABOUT 7:30 AM EE CAME BY THE WINDOW TO MY OFFICE & KNOCKED. I WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS NEEDED. EE STATED THAT HE HAD PINCHED HIS SCIATIC NERVE & THAT HE COULD NOT CLIMB THE STEPS. ASKED EE SPECIFICALLY OF OR WHAT HE DID TO HURT HIS BACK. HE REPLIED: NOTHING HE COULD DIRECTLY PLACE HIS FINGER ON. HE WAS GOING TO HIS CHIROPRACTOR.

2003 · 1 incident

November 10, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Ash Meadows LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE USED A C-CLAMP (VISE-GRIP TYPE) TO CLAMP A DUST COLLECTOR SOCK TO AN ANGLE IRON & STARTED TO STRETCH THE SOCK. THE CLAMP CAME OFF & EE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK & HEAD. ORIGINALLY STATED HE WAS ALRIGHT, BUT A SHORT TIME LATER HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS OR WHAT HE WAS DOING.

2002 · 1 incident

July 31, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ash Meadows LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT KNEE SWOLLEN, SORE AND STIFF AFTER CHANGING SCREENS ON SCREEN DECK, PUSHING, PULLING AND AT TIMES KNEELING ON SCREENS & FRAME REQUIRED. INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. RECEIVED INCIDENT REPORT ON 9/10/02, RECEIVED DR.'S REPORT WITH RESTRICTIONS ON 9/26/02(LAST SCHEDULED SHIFT). NO REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS CAN BE MADE, EE OFF DUTY TILL FULL RELEASE STAR