Mining Incidents

GoldWedge Metal/Non-Metal

GoldWedge, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Scorpio Gold Corporation
Manhattan, Nye County, NV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 2602542

GoldWedge has $135K in proposed MSHA penalties and $185 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2007–2021
Latest incident
Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
170
citations
41
significant & substantial
$134,991
proposed penalties
$125,530
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,461 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
92
inspections on record
1,609
inspection hours
10.6
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.
170 citations across 1,609 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GoldWedge has $135K in proposed MSHA penalties and $185 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.
$135K
proposed penalties
$126K
current assessed
$126K
paid to date
$185
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-28.
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
2025 Q4 5,585 2 0 358.1
2025 Q3 3,975 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,270 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 579 2 0 3454.2
2024 Q4 923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,205 2 0 1659.8
2024 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 656 1 0 1524.4
2022 Q4 1,356 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,211 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,306 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,736 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,808 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,668 4 1 1090.5
2021 Q2 4,225 2 1 473.4
2021 Q1 3,700 1 0 270.3
2020 Q4 4,147 2 0 482.3
2020 Q3 2,823 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,329 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,951 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,058 1 0 485.9
2019 Q3 1,860 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,274 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,392 2 0 836.1
2018 Q3 2,249 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,401 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,415 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,823 2 0 708.5
2017 Q3 3,029 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,878 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,878 1 0 532.5
2016 Q4 2,050 2 1 975.6
2016 Q3 1,254 1 0 797.4
2016 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,961 1 0 509.9
2015 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,494 6 2 2405.8
2015 Q1 3,079 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,680 2 0 746.3
2014 Q3 2,637 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,471 1 0 404.7
2014 Q1 2,566 1 0 389.7
2013 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,400 5 0 2083.3
2012 Q4 3,848 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 13,643 12 5 879.6
2012 Q1 10,262 27 7 2631.1
2011 Q3 9,714 33 12 3397.2
2011 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,090 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,606 14 1 3882.4
2008 Q4 8,052 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,563 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,859 15 6 1521.5
2008 Q1 11,265 4 1 355.1
2007 Q4 10,900 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,890 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,149 1 1 82.3
2007 Q1 13,630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 12,549 2 0 159.4
2006 Q3 14,074 1 1 71.1
2006 Q2 8,772 5 0 570.0
2006 Q1 4,160 8 0 1923.1
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 2,885 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2021 · 1 incident

June 11, 2021 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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, 2020 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING 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, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
GoldWedge, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Grabbed drill rod and sat on deck. (7000-1 filed from citation 8871826) Employee abandoned job.

2012 · 2 incidents

May 14, 2012 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manhattan Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee states he was walking down a roadway slope, when he slipped and upon falling, he twisted right ankle.

March 2, 2012 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Manhattan Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

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.

2007 · 1 incident

January 23, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manhattan Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

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.

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The full compliance file on GoldWedge

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.