Is thought employee became overheated/dehydrated-passed out when standing fully upright. Was wearing fleece lined pants/sweatshirt on warm afternoon-75 degrees. Employee lost consciousness very briefly. An employee working w/EE witnessed all & immediately ran over/EE was conscious responsive when the other employee reached EE. When lost consciousness, fell & hit head on the ground.
DONOVAN PIT Metal/Non-Metal
R T Donovan Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Lynda M Donovan
Sparks,
Washoe County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602317
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2017
- Latest incident
- Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
36
citations
5
significant & substantial
$6,309
proposed penalties
$6,309
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 Q2 | 9,351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 8,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 8,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 6,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 7,517 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 8,969 | 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
2 on file2017 · 1 incident
R T Donovan Company Inc · Contact with heat
2001 · 1 incident
August 21, 2001
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
R T Donovan Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER COLLAPSED WHILE WALKING BETWEEN 2 PIECE OFHEAVY EQUIPMENT 911 WAS CALLED & CPR ADMIN. IMMEDIATELY EFFORTS OF ON SITE STAFF & EMERGENCY REPSONSES FAILED TO REVIVE. MINER WAS PRONOUNCED DE AD ON SITE. CORONER'S REPORT LISTS CAUSE OF DEATH AS: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION" DUE TO ATHEROSCLEROTIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEAS