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Dun Glen Placer: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dorow Art
Pershing County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601821

MSHA record for Dun Glen Placer (mine ID 2601821). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. Proquip General Partnership 1982 to 1989
  2. Homestake Mining Company Of California 1985 to 1985
  3. Vaughan Construction 1989 to 1992
  4. Tahoe Milling Inc 1992 to 1994
  5. Sky Scientific Mining & Processing Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dun Glen Placer sits in Pershing County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.4% 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.
Pershing County, Nevada · Population 6,505
20.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,007
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

April 13, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Homestake Mining Company Of California · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A SEDIMENT LADEN MAT AND TWISTING TO PLACE THE MAT IN A BUCKET. AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. THE STRAINED LOWER LUMBAR INDICATED MARKED MUSCLE SPASM AND THERE WERE NO NEUROLOGI SIGNS BUT DIFFICULTY SITTING UP.

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

November 27, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Proquip General Partnership · Fall from machine

EMP WAS REPLACING A DRIVE BELT ON AN ELEVATED SHAKER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL 10 TO 11 FT EMP LANDED FACE OR FRONT PRONE ON HARD METAL SLUCE BOXES