DRY CANYON MINE
Metal/Non-Metal
Winnemucca, NV,
Humboldt County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601504
DRY CANYON MINE has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1983–1996
- Latest incident
- Sep 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 21 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
DRY CANYON MINE has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q1 |
462 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
258 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
86 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q1 |
275 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1996 · 1 incident
September 16, 1996
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ranstrom Mining & Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.
1995 · 2 incidents
October 16, 1995
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ranstrom Mining & Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GOING INTO THE SCALE OFFICE. HE TRIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE STAIRS AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT AKNLE.
Ranstrom Mining & Construction Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CRUSHER WEAR PLATES IN TO A LOADER BUCKET. AS HE PICKED ONE UP AND TURNED TO PUT IT IN THE LOADER BUCKET, HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
1994 · 2 incidents
May 16, 1994
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
LOADER WAS BEING USED FOR A MAN LIFT, PARKED ON A HILL BY A VERTICAL WATER TANK,WHERE THEY WERE INSTALLING A SIGNT GLASS ON THE TANK. OPERATOR STATED THAT THE LOADER HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE L ETTING ALL AIR OUT OF SYSTEM CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED.
May 16, 1994
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
LOADER WAS BEING USED FOR MAN LIFT, PARKED ON AHILL BY A VERTICAL WATER TANK, WHERE THEY WERE INSTALLING A SIGHT GLASS ON THE TANK. OEPRATOR STATED THAT THE LOADER HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE LEF TTING ALL AIR OUT OF SYSTEM, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL. WHEELS WERE NOT CHOCKED.
1983 · 1 incident
June 20, 1983
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chromalloy Mining & Milling · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LOADER OPERATOR WAS POKING OUT A FEED BIN WITH A 1/2IN CONDUIT PIPE AND HE DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER
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