Empire Mine has $120K in proposed MSHA penalties and $25K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
197
citations
48
significant & substantial
$120,076
proposed penalties
$92,453
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,623 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,601
inspection hours
12.3
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.
197 citations across 1,601 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Empire Mine has $120K in proposed MSHA penalties and $25K 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.
$120K
proposed penalties
$117K
current assessed
$92K
paid to date
$25K
outstanding
188 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
At 9:52 am I received a call from my maintenance supervisor that the maintenance supervisor had found one of our customer OTR driver not breathing and possibly deceased. I went to the location pulled driver out of truck and placed on the ground and began CPR until paramedics arrived.
January 18, 2017NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was standing by hydraulic support leg of 6' X 24' High Frequency Screen Plant that was being loaded for transport. Once the support pin hole was lined up, the employee attempted to put the pin in the hole. The employee slipped on icy ground (dirt/gravel) and got finger caught between the pin and the support foot pad as the hydraulic leg was raising.
2007 · 1 incident
June 28, 2007NV · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foreman was assisting a Mechanic with the removal of a transmission skid plate/Belly Pan from a Bulldozer. The Pan was rigged to prevent movement; as the last bolt was removed the Pan dropped and pinned the foreman?s right hand between the bulldozer?s track housing and the belly pan. He sustained 2 lacerations at the right wrist area which required sutures to close.
1996 · 1 incident
April 18, 1996NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A 24:00X35 HAUL TRUCK TIRE FROM THE TIRE STORAGE BY TIPPING IT INTO A LOADER BUCKET. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND THE TIRE ROLLED TOWARDS HIM, PINNING HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST THHE TIRE IN THE NEXT STORAGE ROW. EMPLOYEE FRACTURED THE RADUIS OF LEFT ARM.
1992 · 1 incident
December 19, 1992NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO WELD ON ROCK BREAKER FRAME WHILE THE EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING. EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND HIS LEFT ARM WENT BETWEEN THE ROCK BREAKER FRAME AND HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND W AS PINCHED CAUSING CONTUSION AND TWO PUNCTURES, BUT NO BROKEN BONES.
1990 · 1 incident
September 11, 1990NV · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A PIVOTING JEWEL CAME OUT OF THE WALKER BAR ASSEMBLY ALLOWING THE BAR TO DROP OUT OF POSITION.THE INJURED WAS ASSISITING IN THE REPOSITIONING OF THE WALKER BAR.HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE JEWEL POCKET TO REMOVE A ROCK WHEN THE BAR,WHICH HE WAS ATTACHING TO A CHAIN FALL,DROPPED AND PINCHED HIS HAND.THIS CAUSED LACERATIONS TO THE BACK OF HIS AHND AND POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF SIDE
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