Mining Incidents

Fraser Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Big 7 Ventures LLC
Carlin, Elko County, NV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602616

Fraser Pit has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
128
citations
44
significant & substantial
$40,424
proposed penalties
$40,424
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
44
inspections on record
485
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: 485 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fraser Pit has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-10.
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,120 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,233 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,840 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,427 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,075 2 0 963.9
2024 Q3 2,293 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,868 4 0 2141.3
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,325 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,314 5 3 3805.2
2023 Q1 1,571 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,071 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,013 2 0 993.5
2022 Q1 376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,519 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,355 4 2 2952.0
2020 Q4 1,449 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,752 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,013 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,283 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,705 5 3 2932.6
2019 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 591 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 808 8 2 9901.0
2018 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 947 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 532 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 769 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 683 3 0 4392.4
2017 Q2 923 12 4 13001.1
2017 Q1 823 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 978 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 611 1 0 1636.7
2016 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 593 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,077 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,015 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 711 5 1 7032.3
2014 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,595 4 0 2507.8
2013 Q4 2,934 1 1 340.8
2013 Q3 2,940 5 4 1700.7
2013 Q2 2,612 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,391 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,236 1 0 309.0
2012 Q3 3,735 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,245 2 1 381.3
2012 Q1 4,545 4 0 880.1
2011 Q4 4,600 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,261 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,350 4 0 919.5
2011 Q1 3,271 1 1 305.7
2010 Q4 3,902 6 3 1537.7
2010 Q3 4,468 11 5 2462.0
2010 Q2 3,877 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,406 5 1 1134.8
2009 Q4 3,768 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,391 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,982 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,800 1 1 555.6
2008 Q4 1,347 1 0 742.4
2008 Q3 1,176 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,675 1 0 597.0
2008 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,390 8 3 3347.3
2007 Q3 1,364 11 4 8064.5
2007 Q2 246 11 5 44715.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 6, 2011 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Modern Concrete Inc · Struck by falling object

4/6/11 Laborer walked in tool shed to get tools they were getting the tail pulley and bearings ready to maintenance on the Feed Conveyor. The Tail Pulley shaft was in the walkway of the interior of the tool shed it tipped over falling on the employees' left foot.

2010 · 1 incident

November 20, 2010 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Modern Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing engine block heater from John Deere 624-J loader while standing over the engine compartment. Employee started to slip and while preventing self from falling on the ground she strained her right arm, shoulder, and neck. Employee was seen in the emergency room where it was determined there were no broken bones only a strain.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.