Mining Incidents

Echo Bay Tonopah Assay Lab: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600420

MSHA record for Echo Bay Tonopah Assay Lab (mine ID 2600420). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Houston International Minerals Corp 1950 to 1981
  2. Tenneco Minerals Company 1981 to 1986
  3. Echo Bay Minerals Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Echo Bay Tonopah Assay Lab sits in Nye County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Nye County, Nevada · Population 53,207
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 12, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Fall from ladders

WHILE DECENDING A VERTICAL LADDER WAY WITH A 3GAL BUCKET IN HER HAND THE BUCKET HANDLE BROKE CAUSING I. NAME TO SLIP STRAINING MUSCLES IN HER NECK RESULTING IN RX MEDICATION AND RESTRICTED DUT Y

1987 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 HE WAS ASSISTING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE UNLOAD MINERAL SAMPLES FOR PREPARATION FOR FIRE ASSAY WHEN HE SWUNG A SASMPLE OFF A PICK-UP TAILGATE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOUL DER. 3

January 8, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS LOADING 8RILL HOLE SAMPLE BAGS INTO A DRYING OVEN WHEN LOADING THE TOP SHELF HIT HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE METAL DOOR FRAME CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS KNUCKLE.

1985 · 1 incident

October 24, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tenneco Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING ORE SAMPLES TO BE CRUSHED. AS THE EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 5 GAL BUCKET SHE LIFTED IT WRONG CAUSING A PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.

1983 · 1 incident

February 17, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS)
Tenneco Minerals Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH LITHARGE WITHOUT A RESPIRATOR ON.