Mining Incidents

Blanco Mine Metal/Non-Metal

TONOPAH, Esmeralda County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600053

Blanco Mine has $486 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2005
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$486
proposed penalties
$486
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
94
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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blanco Mine has $486 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$486
proposed penalties
$486
current assessed
$486
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-07.
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
2024 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,562 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,664 1 0 601.0
2017 Q3 1,982 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,538 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,426 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 1,486 2 1 1345.9
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,601 2 0 1249.2
2005 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 204 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 188 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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