Mining Incidents

Gold Canyon Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kerrigan L Bjornson
Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602650

Gold Canyon Portable #2 has $100 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
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$100
proposed penalties
$100
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
1
inspections on record
3
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: 3 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 #2 has $100 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.
$100
proposed penalties
$100
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-09.
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
2011 Q4 5,213 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 252 1 0 3968.3
2008 Q2 409 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

November 16, 2011 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Canyon Mining & Construction LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker was "barring down" feed material in an attempt to clear a "plug" in the cone crusher. During the process, the worker injured his left, "pinky" finger (most likely when the worker's finger was "pinched" between the bar, and another object - cone, rock, etc). The worker was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

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