Mining Incidents

AMES PORTABLE UNIT 26-02306 Metal/Non-Metal

Ames Construction · Surface
Controlled by Raymond Ames
Carlin, Elko County, NV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602306

AMES PORTABLE UNIT 26-02306 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,500
proposed penalties
$2,500
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
16
inspections on record
157
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: 157 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AMES PORTABLE UNIT 26-02306 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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 5,134 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,103 1 0 163.9
2025 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,387 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,857 1 0 205.9
2021 Q4 6,274 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 2,665 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,265 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,675 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,930 1 0 518.1
2019 Q3 3,324 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,021 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,503 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,357 9 1 2065.6
2003 Q1 4,036 3 0 743.3
2002 Q4 3,604 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,025 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,603 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,330 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,629 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,496 1 0 400.6
2001 Q1 2,348 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,658 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,331 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 810 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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