Dry Creek Mill Site has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2015
Latest incident
Nov 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
44
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,825
proposed penalties
$5,394
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $431 gap.
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: 275 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 Creek Mill Site has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-09-13.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 23% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 100%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-02-26.
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.
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: 2009-09-22, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Barium soluble compounds5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-09-22
Barium soluble compounds
159
500
0.32
Washer Operator
2009-09-22
Barium soluble compounds
123
500
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-22
Barium soluble compounds
196
500
0.39
Mechanic
2009-09-22
Barium soluble compounds
135
500
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-22
Barium soluble compounds
123
500
0.25
Lab Technician
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.
Dry Creek Mill Site recorded 6.91 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
6.91
total case rate
6.91
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2012 *
6.91
6.91
0.000
2011 *
16.92
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
1
2020
1
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
6
2013
7
2012
15
2011
12
2010
10
2009
8
2008
32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Dry Creek Mill Site 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
2021 Q1
16
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
41
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
61
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
253
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
12
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
38
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
20
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
236
0
0
0.0
Show 43 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1
42
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
23
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
32
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
30
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
469
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
925
3
0
3243.2
2017 Q2
52
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
78
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
25
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
104
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
551
1
0
1814.9
2016 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
463
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
84
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
894
1
0
1118.6
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
1,129
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,514
4
1
886.1
2014 Q2
3,408
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
808
2
0
2475.2
2013 Q4
4,420
2
0
452.5
2013 Q3
5,299
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,312
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,923
5
0
2600.1
2012 Q4
7,211
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,352
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,049
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,314
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,287
2
0
318.1
2011 Q3
9,024
2
2
221.6
2011 Q2
6,398
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,934
1
0
517.1
2010 Q4
6,044
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,400
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,340
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,480
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,336
1
0
299.8
2009 Q2
3,144
4
0
1272.3
2009 Q1
3,142
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
14,160
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
11,044
7
3
633.8
2008 Q2
12,678
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2015 · 1 incident
November 6, 2015NV · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cleaning the plant area, rolled a 2" x ~15' suction hose, and placed on the floor. At the time the hose was placed on the floor he apparently twisted his back. An 11/9/15 physician's report indicates that the employee's diagnosis was "Lumbosacral strain / R Sciatic neuralgia", and states that the employee "is totally incapacitated at this time".
As the employee attempted to remove cattle from the mill site, a cow "charged" the employee. The employee jumped off an embankment to avoid the cow and injured his heel as he landed on the roadway. Accident did not involve compliance issues, mine equipment or mining system, or miner related skills training or attitude. Required PPE was utilized at the time of injury.
2012 · 1 incident
February 26, 2012NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Worker was working by air compressor fixing jig screens. The extra jig screens were resting against compressor. The compressor fell over, breaking one of the fittings. It caused a blast of air, the worker ended up on the floor-five feet from original position, and a cloud of dust occurred. the worker got metal fragments in his eye. He had his safety glasses on.
2011 · 2 incidents
June 18, 2011NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee was shoveling mud (barite) up off the floor into the shaker (dewatering screen), which is about 5 foot high and his knee gave out on him. This is a repetition job to keep his area clear of hazards and clean as needed.
SPIRIT MINERALS LP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Upset employee, wouldn't fill out paper work, tried to bully supervisor, supervisor got in pickup to leave, employee stuck his foot under pickup tire. Tire ran over foot, nothing broken in foot - bruised (hospital x-ray).
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