Mining Incidents

APEX 40 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jay Smith
Las Vegas, Clark County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602330

APEX 40 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
55
citations
11
significant & substantial
$11,834
proposed penalties
$11,334
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
288
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: 288 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

APEX 40 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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 5,058 3 1 593.1
2025 Q3 4,921 2 0 406.4
2025 Q2 5,546 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,789 12 2 2505.7
2024 Q4 4,712 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,974 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,127 3 0 369.1
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 7,221 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,671 7 0 807.3
2023 Q2 5,766 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,344 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,791 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,869 2 0 697.1
2022 Q2 866 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,261 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,020 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,159 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,297 6 0 1819.8
2014 Q2 1,962 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,364 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,375 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,583 10 7 6317.1
2001 Q3 3,922 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,095 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,550 9 1 3529.4
2000 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,897 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,676 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 622 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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