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Eldorado Metal/Non-Metal

Nelson, Clark County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602552

Eldorado has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
174
citations
51
significant & substantial
$63,474
proposed penalties
$10,885
paid to date
17% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $52,589 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
70
inspections on record
801
inspection hours
n/a
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: 801 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eldorado has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 4 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$50K
outstanding
169 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,365 14 6 10256.4
2025 Q3 1,972 2 0 1014.2
2025 Q2 1,844 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,416 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,519 1 0 397.0
2024 Q3 1,909 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,112 2 2 947.0
2024 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,559 5 3 3207.2
2023 Q3 1,737 1 0 575.7
2023 Q2 2,270 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,873 2 1 1067.8
2022 Q4 2,233 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,722 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,734 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,675 3 1 1791.0
2021 Q4 1,396 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,461 4 1 2737.9
2021 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,016 2 1 1968.5
2020 Q1 1,008 2 0 1984.1
2019 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,015 1 0 985.2
2019 Q2 1,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,344 2 1 1488.1
2018 Q4 1,386 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,316 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,312 3 0 2286.6
2017 Q2 1,472 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,200 5 0 4166.7
2016 Q4 992 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,984 1 0 504.0
2016 Q1 1,296 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,284 2 1 1557.6
2015 Q2 832 3 0 3605.8
2015 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,072 1 0 932.8
2014 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 960 8 1 8333.3
2014 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 856 3 1 3504.7
2013 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 960 3 0 3125.0
2013 Q1 860 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 960 3 0 3125.0
2012 Q3 960 8 5 8333.3
2012 Q2 960 1 0 1041.7
2012 Q1 1,180 10 3 8474.6
2011 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 720 5 3 6944.4
2011 Q1 839 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 896 3 1 3348.2
2010 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,047 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 816 6 5 7352.9
2009 Q3 960 5 1 5208.3
2009 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 525 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 896 5 1 5580.4
2008 Q3 720 5 3 6944.4
2008 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,488 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 800 2 0 2500.0
2007 Q3 1,050 5 1 4761.9
2007 Q2 960 6 1 6250.0
2007 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,200 6 1 5000.0
2006 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 1 0
2005 Q3 320 12 2 37500.0
2005 Q2 980 7 0 7142.9
2005 Q1 740 2 0 2702.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 5, 2009 NV · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Crescent Peak Quarries LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Possible lightning strike to wheel loader causing a fire. We were notified by a previous employee at approx. 4:00pm. We immediately called dispatched and headed to mine site. We arrived at 6:15pm and the loader was still smoldering. No one had been at mine site since Thursday. An insurance investigator is coming Wednesday to investigate the scene. The loader was a total loss.

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