Mining Incidents

DAYTON MATERIALS Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Dayton, Lyon County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602412

DAYTON MATERIALS has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2003–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
177
citations
44
significant & substantial
$76,101
proposed penalties
$44,011
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $32,090 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,088
inspection hours
16.3
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.
177 citations across 1,088 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DAYTON MATERIALS has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 10 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$68K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
147 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
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
2025 Q4 12,252 66 30 5386.9
2025 Q3 15,593 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,480 4 0 258.4
2025 Q1 11,048 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 14,908 1 0 67.1
2024 Q3 15,056 1 0 66.4
2024 Q2 16,005 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,461 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 13,673 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 12,723 1 0 78.6
2023 Q1 9,214 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 11,405 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,177 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,450 5 3 671.1
2022 Q1 5,482 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,008 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,257 2 0 242.2
2021 Q2 5,721 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,139 1 1 194.6
2020 Q4 7,779 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,016 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,594 4 0 526.7
2020 Q1 8,636 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,843 2 0 255.0
2019 Q3 9,828 4 0 407.0
2019 Q2 10,626 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,915 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 9,261 4 1 431.9
2018 Q3 7,950 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,462 2 0 236.4
2018 Q1 7,909 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,206 2 1 217.2
2017 Q3 8,802 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,909 3 1 275.0
2017 Q1 6,611 3 1 453.8
2016 Q4 8,094 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,764 1 0 128.8
2016 Q2 7,114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,838 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,797 4 0 513.0
2015 Q3 7,636 5 0 654.8
2015 Q2 6,485 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,720 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,402 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,255 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,308 1 0 158.5
2014 Q1 4,215 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,172 2 0 479.4
2013 Q3 5,235 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,838 5 0 1761.8
2013 Q1 2,785 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,961 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,791 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,659 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,441 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,100 2 0 487.8
2011 Q2 3,502 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,319 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,173 2 0 920.4
2010 Q3 3,860 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,221 3 0 931.4
2010 Q1 1,733 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,409 1 0 415.1
2009 Q3 3,449 6 1 1739.6
2009 Q2 2,660 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,032 5 1 2460.6
2008 Q4 3,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,736 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,457 1 0 183.3
2008 Q1 3,633 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,011 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,753 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,161 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,816 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,240 12 1 1171.9
2006 Q3 12,124 2 0 165.0
2006 Q2 11,280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,351 2 1 193.2
2005 Q4 12,938 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15,496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,732 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,607 4 0 377.1
2004 Q4 11,889 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,435 2 0 191.7
2004 Q2 12,059 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,192 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,269 7 2 755.2
2003 Q3 6,965 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,281 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,268 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,013 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,513 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,219 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,936 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,579 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,742 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,786 3 0 792.4
2001 Q1 3,093 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,346 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,954 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,679 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2026 · 2 incidents

February 5, 2026 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
3D Concrete LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

a newly hired laborer for the Dayton pit went to the pit supervisor and informed them that EE had hurt EEs wrist shoveling from the previous day. The employee said that EE was using a shovel to clean off a concrete pad that had build-up on it and the shovel lip caught crack in the concrete, which caused the shovel to stop moving abruptly, which is when EE said the pain occurred.

2025 · 1 incident

November 25, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3D Concrete LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

employee was helping step Eco blocks up for new crusher and got EE's left leg caught between two blocks and hurt both left knee and ankle.

2023 · 3 incidents

November 20, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3D Concrete LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

while employee was helping change screens the employee was loosening 2 bolts to release tension bar and it smashed their left thumb

July 7, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3D Concrete LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Contractor employee (Kimball Equipment) was reinstalling the wedge into the cone. It wasn't sitting all the way in and the employee reached down to feel why it wasn't. It dropped into place catching EE's left pinky finger, taking the tip of the finger off.

May 9, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
3D Concrete LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner was greasing belt take up/ bearings and roller while belt was running to identify which bearing was squealing and going bad. Miner removed guard to conduct greasing and while greasing the grease line got caught on belt and pulled miner's hand under roller between belt

2018 · 1 incident

August 29, 2018 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
3D Concrete · Struck by flying object

Employee was doing clean up on the ground near crusher and conveyor when a rock rolled and bounced off the head end of the feed conveyor and struck employee in the back. The conveyor was lightly loaded at time. Contusion and hairline fracture to back.

2004 · 1 incident

April 1, 2004 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Dayton Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While changing drive a bolt on the cedar rapids 6x20 2 deck wet screen-the plant was locked out tagged out the belt slipped and pinched ee middle finger on his left hand-he was wearing both gloves and safety glasses laceation on middle finger left hand.

2003 · 1 incident

December 9, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Dayton Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TRACK THE OVERHEAD FEED BELT FOR THE WET PLANT, THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED A BUILD-UP ON THE FEED ROLLERS AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE BUILD-UP BY USING A LADDER OF THE SAFETY FEN CE TO SUPPORT HIMSELF WHILE USING A PUTTY KNIFE TO SCRAPE THE GUIDE PULLEY. CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING AND PULLED HIM IN.

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