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.
176 citations across 1,641 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
GoldWedge has $136K in proposed MSHA penalties and $951 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.
$136K
proposed penalties
$126K
current assessed
$126K
paid to date
$951
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $21K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-14.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
16 · 100%
33%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$21K proposed, $12K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-04-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-07-14
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Diesel Particulate Material21 over
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Arsenic dust3
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-06-07
Diesel Particulate Material
1195.36
308
3.88
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2026-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Diamond Drill Operator
2026-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.99
0.23
Cutting Mach Operator
2021-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-06-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-04-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.35
0.15
Drill Helper
2015-04-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.91
0.13
Diamond Drill Operator
2014-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.71
0.11
Cleanup Man
2006-11-01
Diesel Particulate Material
208.84
308
0.68
Mucking Mach. Operator
2005-09-11
Arsenic dust
4.29
500
0.01
Mucking Mach. Operator
2005-09-11
Arsenic dust
1.1
500
0.00
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2005-09-11
Arsenic dust
0
500
0.00
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
GoldWedge recorded 11.25 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
11.25
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2012 *
11.25
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
4.03
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
13
2025
6
2024
2
2023
1
2022
8
2021
11
2020
9
2019
9
2018
11
2017
8
2016
4
2015
5
2014
5
2013
6
2012
20
2011
11
2009
7
2008
25
2007
25
2006
19
2005
0
2004
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
GoldWedge sits in Nye County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Nye County, Nevada · Population 53,207
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,975
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
GoldWedge, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Miner pinches fingers while moving the down hole hammer assembly (interchange, down hole hammer, bit, about 225 lbs) into the table area of an RD10 set up on a 46 degree angle hole.
2020 · 1 incident
May 24, 2020NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
GoldWedge, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
While lifting and moving a "Jack Leg" bolting drill with a co-worker, the employee strained a muscle in EE's lower back.
2015 · 1 incident
April 20, 2015NV · Metal/Non-Metaldrill helperMACHINERY
Employee was spraying shotcrete. He was wearing a full face shield and dust mask. It was dusty and he stepped on a loose rock, twisting his left ankle.
Employee was moving a piece of metal. He stepped down and fell over cement ledge, landing on both knees. Employee did not go to the doctor until 2/7/07 and was given light duty.