Enfield Bell Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $534 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2017–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
72
citations
13
significant & substantial
$25,618
proposed penalties
$25,084
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $534 gap.
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: 729 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-09-07.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Enfield Bell Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $534 outstanding across 0 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$534
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ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)
ⓘ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: 2017-05-11, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2017-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.74
2.52
0.69
Mechanic
2015-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Enfield Bell Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.
Injury rate, 2021
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.11 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019
1.37
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
3.44
3.44
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
0
2024
0
2023
6
2022
11
2021
39
2020
65
2019
53
2018
20
2017
19
2016
13
2015
8
2014
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Enfield Bell Mine sits in Elko County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 19.6% 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.
Elko County, Nevada · Population 53,852
19.6%
Mining share of county employment
$83,427
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
6,730
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
6,884
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,020
0
0
0.0
Show 31 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3
1,950
10
3
5128.2
2022 Q2
6,057
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,414
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,618
1
0
178.0
2021 Q3
5,339
2
0
374.6
2021 Q2
32,628
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
31,934
7
1
219.2
2020 Q4
33,904
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
49,457
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
56,177
2
0
35.6
2020 Q1
44,988
2
0
44.5
2019 Q4
49,021
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
43,575
17
4
390.1
2019 Q2
44,600
1
1
22.4
2019 Q1
8,367
1
0
119.5
2018 Q4
7,862
1
1
127.2
2018 Q3
8,284
2
0
241.4
2018 Q2
8,464
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
39,744
6
1
151.0
2017 Q4
34,647
3
0
86.6
2017 Q3
5,730
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,527
1
0
86.8
2017 Q1
6,156
3
0
487.3
2016 Q4
8,136
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,958
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,127
5
1
615.2
2016 Q1
12,120
1
0
82.5
2015 Q4
11,098
1
0
90.1
2015 Q3
5,250
1
0
190.5
2015 Q1
2,123
2
0
942.1
2014 Q4
0
1
1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2023 · 1 incident
August 3, 2023NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A Jerritt Canyon Employee was task training the Redpath employee on the Water Truck. The trainee drove to the water stand and got a load of water with the trainer riding in the passenger seat. As the trainee drove the water truck to it's destination the miner lost control of the loaded water truck and it rolled.
September 19, 2022NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
A Jerritt Canyon employee was task training a Redpath Employee on the operation of a water truck. The trainee was driving the water truck towards West Generator from the water stand. The trainee lost control of the loaded water truck on a downhill ramp resulting in a rollover accident.
January 2, 2022NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A fire occurred at the Enfield Bell Mine ID. A surface water truck was dispatched to help put the fire out. The MSHA hotline # was called at 1:42am to report the fire. The fire was reported to be out at 2:06am. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. No damage to structures or injury to personnel occurred.
2019 · 1 incident
July 7, 2019NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was climbing up the feed chute of the trommel when slipped and twisted or popped their left patella.
2017 · 1 incident
August 8, 2017NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on the cone crusher. As employee was unscrewing the bowl, left hand slipped off the ram and as employee went to reach with right hand, right thumb was pinched.