Mining Incidents

Adalaide Crown Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff E Fegert
Humboldt County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602085

MSHA record for Adalaide Crown Mine (mine ID 2602085). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Target Construction Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Adalaide Crown Mine sits in Humboldt County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Humboldt County, Nevada · Population 17,299
20.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,946
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

December 1, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Target Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

WHEN LEAVING THE PIT THE TRUCK WENT INTO FREE WHEELING & THE RETARDER WOULD NOT RESPOND BECAUSE OF A LOOSE HYDRFAULIC LINE AS A SAFE MEANS OF STOPPING THE TGRUCK I.NAME HEADED FOR THE BANK UPO N HITTING THE BANK WHICH WAS SOLID ROCK THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS TORN FROM THE TRUCK & THE TRUCK TURNOVER ONTO ITS RT.SIDE I.NAME WAS NOT INJURED