Mining Incidents

Gemfield Laydown Yard: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Esmeralda County Road Dept · Surface
Controlled by Esmeralda County-NV
Goldfield, Esmeralda County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602540

Gemfield Laydown Yard has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2004
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,059
proposed penalties
$2,059
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
5
inspections on record
67
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: 67 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gemfield Laydown Yard has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-15.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
42.9%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 42.9% moderate, 42.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Esmeralda County Road Dept 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 3
2015 3
2005 0
2004 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gemfield Laydown Yard sits in Esmeralda County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 21.1% 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.
Esmeralda County, Nevada · Population 962
21.1%
Mining share of county employment
Not reported
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
2016 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 213 2 1 9389.7
2015 Q3 1,244 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 681 7 3 10279.0
2015 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 1 0
2004 Q4 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.