Mining Incidents

Corona Gold Project (Santa Fe Mines): 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Brown & Root Inc · Surface
Controlled by Halliburton Company
Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602224

MSHA record for Corona Gold Project (Santa Fe Mines) (mine ID 2602224). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Oct 1993
Ownership history
  1. Brown & Root Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Corona Gold Project (Santa Fe Mines) sits in Nye County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Nye County, Nevada · Population 53,207
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

October 20, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown & Root Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE IS A MANPOWER TEMPORTY EMPLOYEE'S WORKING ON SANTE FE PROJECT AS A STACKER OPER. ON LEACH PAL WHEN FINISHING UP STACKER MOVE. EE WAS SWINGING WHEELS BACK INTO POSITION FOR PINNING INTO PLAC E AND MASHED R INDEX FINGER. STITCHES WAS PUT IN FINGER.

August 26, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown & Root Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MANPOWER TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES. CHANGING BLOW BARSIN TORGY FINISHED ONE COLUMN ROLLED ANOTHER COL UMN UP PUT IN WEDGES TO HOLD COLUMN. ROTOR ROLLED A LITTLE BIT AND PUSHED BIG TOE OF LEFT FOOT. CAUSING TOE NAIL OF BIG TOE OF LEFT FOOT TO BE TAKEN OFF. INJURED IS A MANPOWER TEMP EMPLOYEE.

May 5, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown & Root Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN FUEL STORAGE AREA ATTEMPTING TO TIP 55 GAL DRUM OF OIL SO HE COULD GET BARREL LIFTING XXXXCONNECTED WHEN BARREL STARTED TIPPING HE TRIED TO SLOW FALL & HIS ARM WAS PUSHED INTO SERVICE TRUCK BUMPER WITHN THE IMPACT WEIGHT ON HIS WRIST