Eldorado Project: 11 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Cactus Mining Corporation
· Surface
MSHA Mine ID: 2602127
Eldorado Project has $638 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
- 3
- Years on record
- 1990
- Latest incident
- Oct 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
1
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
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: 81 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 Project has $638 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.
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
9.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 90.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2003-06-30, 23 years ago
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
| Date |
Contaminant |
Concentration |
Limit |
Conc / limit |
Occupation |
| 2003-06-30 |
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz |
0.58 |
0.74 |
0.78 |
Dry Screen Plant Operator |
| 2003-06-30 |
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz |
0.23 |
0.98 |
0.23 |
Utility Man |
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.
Ownership history
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Brookline Mining Company
1989 to 2002
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Cactus Mining Corporation
2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2004 |
1 |
| 2003 |
5 |
| 2002 |
6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Eldorado Project sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2004 Q3 |
520 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 |
484 |
1 |
0 |
2066.1 |
| 2004 Q1 |
331 |
5 |
0 |
15105.7 |
| 2003 Q4 |
508 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 |
1,075 |
1 |
0 |
930.2 |
| 2003 Q2 |
1,657 |
4 |
1 |
2414.0 |
| 2003 Q1 |
1,328 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 |
1,332 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1990 · 3 incidents
October 22, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Brookline Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS HELPING BUILD A BUILDING. HE WAS USING A NAIL GUN. WHEN HE SHOT THE NAIL INTO THE WOOD, IT RICHODCHET & HIT HIM IN THE KNEE.
April 25, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brookline Mining Company · Struck by flying object
TEARING DOWN CONCRETE WALL WHILE CHIPPING AT CONCRETE WITH HAMMER EMPL GOT PIECE OF CONCRETE UNDER EYELID IN EYE.
April 5, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LOADING WATER FROM WATER TRUCK TO WATER TANK. WENT UP LADDER HOSE BLEW OUT OF WATER TANK KNOCKING EMPL FROM LADDER.