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Golden Valley Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bart Hiatt
Reno, Washoe County, NV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602452

Golden Valley Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Dec 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
34
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,442
proposed penalties
$4,173
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $269 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
47
inspections on record
448
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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Golden Valley Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,586 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,578 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 653 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 433 1 0 2309.5
2023 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 994 2 0 2012.1
2023 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,778 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,724 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,738 4 0 1460.9
2022 Q1 2,245 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,544 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,765 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,587 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 787 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,029 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,885 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,433 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,896 1 1 527.4
2019 Q3 2,252 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,189 1 0 456.8
2019 Q1 1,171 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,830 2 0 1092.9
2018 Q3 1,542 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,470 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 932 1 0 1073.0
2017 Q3 1,847 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,949 1 1 513.1
2017 Q1 1,810 1 0 552.5
2016 Q4 1,685 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,779 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,497 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,291 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,691 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,414 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 787 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 554 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 604 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 915 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,362 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 748 1 0 1336.9
2011 Q2 741 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 261 2 0 7662.8
2009 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 981 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,658 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,747 1 0 572.4
2008 Q1 1,163 1 0 859.8
2007 Q4 1,684 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,411 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,582 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,345 2 0 1487.0
2006 Q1 1,478 2 0 1353.2
2005 Q4 2,605 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,699 2 2 1177.2
2005 Q2 1,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,045 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,063 4 2 3762.9
2004 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 766 1 0 1305.5
2004 Q1 1,105 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,143 2 1 1749.8
2003 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 954 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,123 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 581 2 0 3442.3
2002 Q2 777 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 689 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 608 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

December 22, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & K Earth Movers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was clearing material from a screen deck using a steel rod. He pulled the rod back towards himself and hit himself in the face cracking his front tooth. Tooth did not chip.

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