Mining Incidents

Farm District Road Pit: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bart Hiatt
fallon, Churchill County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601510

Farm District Road Pit has $243 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$243
proposed penalties
$118
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $125 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
7
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Farm District Road Pit has $243 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$243
proposed penalties
$118
current assessed
$118
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $118 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-10.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 50.0% none, 50.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 100% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $118 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2021-11-22.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2022-0067 Dismissal Miller 2022 $125 → $0
WEST 2019-0008 Settlement Manning 2019 $118 → $118
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. A & K Earthmovers Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 3
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 2
2017 1
2013 0
2012 3
2010 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Farm District Road Pit sits in Churchill County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Churchill County, Nevada · Population 25,614
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,268
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
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,612 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 182 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,262 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 674 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 744 1 1 1344.1
2021 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,286 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,117 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 449 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 833 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 405 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.