Mining Incidents

Gold Canyon Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kerrigan L Bjornson
Reno, Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203222

Gold Canyon Portable #1 has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,743
proposed penalties
$1,743
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
4
inspections on record
62
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: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gold Canyon Portable #1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-14.
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
2012 Q4 765 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,940 8 0 1152.7
2012 Q2 7,614 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8,380 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,185 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 2,670 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,136 8 1 7042.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

October 11, 2011 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Canyon Mining & Construction LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was attempting to straighten a piece of metal, approximately 2"W x 4"L x 1/2"thick by laying it on top of a bench vise (unsecured), and striking it with a hammer. Upon striking the piece of metal, it popped up, and struck the worker in the lip resulting in a laceration that required stitches.

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