Mining Incidents

Yerington Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
YERINGTON, Lyon County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602474

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
102
citations
15
significant & substantial
$20,095
proposed penalties
$19,642
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 4,061 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,164 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,593 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,186 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,149 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,998 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

2005 · 1 incident

September 2, 2005 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cinderlite Trucking Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR PUSHING DIRT GOT TO CLOSE TO EDGE. EDGE GAVE WAY, DOZER SLIDE DOWN THEN ROLLED ON SIDE. OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO URGENT CARE WHERE HE HAD STICHES IN A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD. RTW ON TUESDAY, ASK TO TAKE DAY OFF TO REMOVE STITCHES