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DAVIS PIT: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Davis Equipment Company-Div/Ruby Mtn Freight · Surface
Controlled by Benton Edwards
Elko, NV, Elko County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602384

DAVIS PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,530
proposed penalties
$530
paid to date
35% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
3
inspections on record
43
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: 43 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DAVIS PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$530
paid to date
$500
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $500 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-29.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
30.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20030055M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $1K → $500
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: 2002-05-30, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.7 0.50 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.
Ownership history
  1. Davis Equipment Company-Div/Ruby Mtn Freight 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DAVIS 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
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 519 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 837 10 2 11947.4
2002 Q1 737 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,384 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 1,421 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 898 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,370 0 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.