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Boehler Pit: 73 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

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

Boehler Pit has $10K 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
$9,679
proposed penalties
$9,617
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $62 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Staker & Parson Cos.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
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 $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $488 in penalties contested before the Commission, $310 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
15.1%
significant & substantial
4.1%
high negligence or reckless
15.1%
reasonably likely or greater
41.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.3% low, 72.6% moderate, 4.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$378 proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-08-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2014-0881 Settlement Manning 2015 $162 → $100
WEST 2017-0650 Withdrawal Manning 2017 $116 → $0
WEST20000144M Settlement Cetti 2000 $110 → $110
WEST 2013-485M Settlement Moran 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2018-06-01, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.57 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2014-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.48 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.53 0.64 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.53 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.45 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.27 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

Boehler Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.61 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Ball Construction Company 1950 to 1978
  2. Boehler Construction Inc 1978 to 2006
  3. Staker & Parson Cos. 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 6
2024 5
2023 5
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 7
2018 5
2017 3
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 5
2012 4
2011 6
2009 9
2008 10
2007 14
2006 14
2005 19
2004 20
2003 15
2002 13
2001 9
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Boehler Pit sits in Elko County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 19.6% 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.
Elko County, Nevada · Population 53,852
19.6%
Mining share of county employment
$83,427
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 2,836 4 0 1410.4
2026 Q1 2,371 0 0 0.0
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 8 2 5158.0
2024 Q4 1,668 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,550 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,551 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
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.