Mining Incidents

Trico Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Gopher Construction · Surface
Controlled by Don W Tibbals
FERNLEY, Storey County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602518

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Feb 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
166
citations
56
significant & substantial
$300,974
proposed penalties
$123,284
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 8,755 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,798 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,993 1 0 100.1
2025 Q1 8,464 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,126 2 1 219.2
2024 Q3 7,374 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,093 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,639 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

2025 · 1 incident

February 11, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Gopher Construction · Struck by falling object

A return Roller fell off a Radial stacker as is was being moved over. Employee was moving it at the controls and looked up and it hit them in the face.