Employee had not returned phone calls for approximately 2 days so a well being check was called into the County Sheriffs Office as well as to a trusted member of the community. The community member found employee on the ground in a shack adjacent to employee's living area deceased from an apparent heart attack.
Columbia Gold Mines Ltd Metal/Non-Metal
Columbia Gold Mines Ltd
· Underground
Controlled by
Patrick J Hughes; Wayne Weber
Goldfield,
Esmeralda County,
NV
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 2602743
Columbia Gold Mines Ltd has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2026
- Latest incident
- Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
39
citations
9
significant & substantial
$11,666
proposed penalties
$7,716
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,950 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
25
inspections on record
386
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 386 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Columbia Gold Mines Ltd has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 200000.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 62500.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 65789.5 |
| 2020 Q4 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 53191.5 |
| 2020 Q3 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2026 · 1 incident
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