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Big Blossom Metal/Non-Metal

Payday Mines, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Wesley D Harden

Beatty, Esmeralda County, NV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2602732

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2013
Latest incident: Feb 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2013

citations

significant & substantial

$53,869

proposed penalties

$2,300

paid to date

4% of proposed penalties paid to date — a $51,569 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2013

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 60 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1	80	8	3	100000.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

February 28, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sub contractors were on their 1st blast and the round prematurely ignited causing two miners to receive serious injuries .

February 28, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sub contractors were attempting their first blast and the explosives prematurely ignited. Causing severe injuries to two workers