Mining Incidents

Boehler Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
ELKO, Elko County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2600429

Boehler Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
73
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,058
proposed penalties
$8,996
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $62 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
490
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: 490 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Boehler Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-30.
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 1,842 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,955 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,034 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,551 9 2 5802.7
2024 Q4 1,668 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,550 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,551 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 899 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,216 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,580 1 0 632.9
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,867 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,193 1 0 838.2
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,586 2 0 1261.0
2021 Q2 1,275 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 439 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,621 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,923 1 0 520.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,570 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,509 1 0 398.6
2019 Q1 1,487 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,059 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,142 1 0 318.3
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 417 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,152 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,615 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,473 10 1 4043.7
2016 Q2 1,665 5 1 3003.0
2015 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,973 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,554 6 3 3861.0
2015 Q1 1,068 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,687 3 0 1778.3
2014 Q1 2,243 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,614 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,144 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 331 5 2 15105.7
2012 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,745 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,355 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 2,629 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,185 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,482 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,084 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,193 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,623 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,008 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,615 10 2 2166.8
2007 Q2 5,824 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,004 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 5,621 6 0 1067.4
2006 Q1 5,758 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,390 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,899 2 0 289.9
2005 Q2 6,170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,733 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,002 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,016 3 0 498.7
2004 Q1 4,251 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,404 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,531 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,357 2 0 459.0
2003 Q1 4,846 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,561 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,882 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,998 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,737 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,687 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,109 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,591 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 14,850 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,408 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,800 1 0 208.3
2000 Q1 4,944 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 10, 2026 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Staker & Parson Cos. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE tripped going into porta potty, and fell to the ground.

2025 · 2 incidents

November 3, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Staker & Parson Cos. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE had been using a pry bar on a head pully to rotate it and it slipped when they gave it a good tug.

August 21, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Staker & Parson Cos. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was trying to clean the metal off of the magnet that leads to the VSI. They grabbed a piece of metal to pull off and strained their arm.

2001 · 1 incident

March 22, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boehler Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING ROPE ATTACHED TO PAVER PARTS, THE WEIGHT OF THE PARTS CAUSED THE KNIFE TO SLIP CUTTING HIS FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

September 9, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boehler Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNLOADING A 2 1/2 X 1/2 STEEL STRAP, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HAND. EDGE CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND TORE SKIN AND FLESH.

1985 · 2 incidents

November 13, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boehler Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SNOW O0F GRAVEL PILE - WHILE CLEANING SNOW OFF PILE, PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK

October 2, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boehler Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON AN A3R RAM IN SHOP - CHAIN SLIPPED ON RAM - CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE RAM & CEMENT FLOOR

1984 · 1 incident

March 5, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boehler Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ICY SLIPPED ON ICE DIDNT FALL JUST TWISTED BACK.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.