Small Mine Development · Struck by falling object
EE & EE HAD A BROKEN CABLER ON A SLUSHER BUCKET & WENT TO FIX IT STEVE HAD HIS HEAD DOWN WATCHING HIS STEP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME OFF THE BACK HITTING HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK
Fortitude (U/G): 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Small Mine Development
· Underground
Controlled by
Keith Jones
Lander County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602213
MSHA record for Fortitude (U/G) (mine ID 2602213). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1992–1993
- Latest incident
- Feb 1993
Ownership history
- Small Mine Development 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Fortitude (U/G) sits in Lander County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 28.2% 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.Lander County, Nevada · Population 5,745
28.2%
Mining share of county employment
$84,474
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1993 · 3 incidents
Small Mine Development · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EE WAS CLIMBING UP A MUCK PILE WHEN THE PILE SLID & A ROCK ROLLED DOWN & HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE FOOT
Small Mine Development · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS DRILLING WITH THE JACKLEG. HE GOT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE LEG AND THE STOP ON THE HAMMER, SPLITTING HIS THUMB OPEN.
1992 · 1 incident
Small Mine Development · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ROCK BOLTING IN A STOPE A SMALL PIECE OF SULFICE ORE GOT IN HIS EYE.