Mining Incidents

Coyote Blossom Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Searchlight, Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602745

Coyote Blossom Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Jul 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
40
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,266
proposed penalties
$8,266
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
16
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Coyote Blossom Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-21.
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
2015 Q3 1,176 1 0 850.3
2015 Q2 6,636 3 0 452.1
2015 Q1 6,410 4 2 624.0
2014 Q4 16,825 14 1 832.1
2014 Q3 20,442 2 0 97.8
2014 Q2 16,315 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 11,181 16 5 1431.0
2013 Q4 6,186 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal safety director SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Milling & Mining, LLC · Fall down stairs

While exiting the office trailer, miner had her reading glasses on and hit the second step with only half of her foot causing her to fall out the door landing on her left knee, causing a laceration.

February 4, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Nevada Milling & Mining, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner was lifting a jackleg and felt a burning pain in his belly button.

2014 · 3 incidents

September 15, 2014 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nevada Milling & Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing the bolt of the cutting edge of a skid steer the nut came off, the bolt head drooped out of the hole, hitting my finger cutting it.

March 3, 2014 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Milling & Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner twisted ankle while changing oil in generator. Stated that it wasn't bad enough to go to doctor. Went to Dr. after three weeks. Told to take ibuprofen and apply cold. went for MRI - showing nothing wrong. Told to exercise ankle - went for new MRI - shows a floating bone - put in boot and light duty.

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The full compliance file on Coyote Blossom Mine

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.