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Anderson Pit & Mill Or Anderson Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Lyon County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600432

MSHA record for Anderson Pit & Mill Or Anderson Pit (mine ID 2600432). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Eagle Valley Construction Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Anderson Pit & Mill Or Anderson Pit sits in Lyon County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Lyon County, Nevada · Population 60,630
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,460
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

January 31, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Eagle Valley Construction Company · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS MOVING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH THE CRANE WHEN IT BECAME OFF BALANCE AND HE COULDN'T BRING IT BACK.HE JUMPED BEFORE THE CRANE ROLLED AND FRACTURED HIS PELVIS INJURING HIS BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

March 21, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Valley Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHNGING BUCKET PIN ON 235-USING SLEDGE HAMMER HE TWISTED AND FELT PAN IN LOWER BACK.

1988 · 1 incident

November 8, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Eagle Valley Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS RUNNING THE CAT AND STEPPED DOWN ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RT ANKLE RESULTING IN INJURY TO HIMSELF