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Eldorado Metal/Non-Metal

Desert Deco Rock Inc · Surface

Controlled by Elizabeth M Smith; Ira J Smith

Nelson, Clark County, NV · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2602552

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2009
Latest incident: Jul 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

171

citations

significant & substantial

$63,474

proposed penalties

$10,885

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	1,365	14	6	10256.4
2025 Q3	1,972	2	0	1014.2
2025 Q2	1,844	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	2,416	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,519	1	0	397.0
2024 Q3	1,909	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,112	2	2	947.0
2024 Q1	2,198	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

2009 · 1 incident

July 5, 2009 NV · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE

Crescent Peak Quarries LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Possible lightning strike to wheel loader causing a fire. We were notified by a previous employee at approx. 4:00pm. We immediately called dispatched and headed to mine site. We arrived at 6:15pm and the loader was still smoldering. No one had been at mine site since Thursday. An insurance investigator is coming Wednesday to investigate the scene. The loader was a total loss.