Copper Rose Metal/Non-Metal
Desert Deco Rock Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Elizabeth M Smith; Ira J Smith
Searchlight,
Clark County,
NV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602533
Copper Rose has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
98
citations
16
significant & substantial
$15,820
proposed penalties
$10,412
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,408 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
39
inspections on record
505
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 505 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Copper Rose has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,569 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,634 | 2 | 0 | 1224.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,714 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,045 | 8 | 3 | 3912.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,709 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,802 | 2 | 0 | 1109.9 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,457 | 2 | 0 | 1372.7 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,020 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 712 | 2 | 0 | 2809.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,013 | 2 | 0 | 993.5 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,990 | 1 | 0 | 502.5 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,522 | 2 | 1 | 1314.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,443 | 3 | 0 | 2079.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,426 | 3 | 0 | 2103.8 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,507 | 7 | 1 | 4645.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,008 | 5 | 1 | 4960.3 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,008 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 988 | 1 | 0 | 1012.1 |
| 2019 Q2 | 955 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 979 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,057 | 2 | 0 | 1892.1 |
| 2017 Q4 | 927 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,023 | 3 | 1 | 2932.6 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,984 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,191 | 4 | 0 | 3358.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 552 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 352 | 6 | 0 | 17045.5 |
| 2014 Q3 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 592 | 2 | 0 | 3378.4 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 560 | 3 | 0 | 5357.1 |
| 2010 Q1 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 893 | 2 | 1 | 2239.6 |
| 2008 Q3 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,120 | 6 | 0 | 5357.1 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,616 | 6 | 2 | 3712.9 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 920 | 2 | 1 | 2173.9 |
| 2005 Q4 | 840 | 1 | 0 | 1190.5 |
| 2005 Q3 | 723 | 11 | 2 | 15214.4 |
| 2005 Q2 | 634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 832 | 8 | 3 | 9615.4 |
| 2004 Q2 | 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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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.