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Grantsville Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602017

MSHA record for Grantsville Mine (mine ID 2602017). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Fury Explorations Nevada Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Grantsville Mine 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

July 21, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Fury Explorations Nevada Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED MAD9 A PASS PARALLEL TO THE CUT,LOSING HIS FOOTING AND SLIDING TO THE BENCH BELOW.HE TRIED TO MOVE THE MACHINE,WHICH RESULTED IN THE DOZER SLIDING OFF THAT BECH AND ROLLING IT OVER .INJURIES INCLU8ED A CONCUSSION CUTS ON HEAD AND ARM,A FRACTURED RIB,AND POSSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURES OF THE 3RD AND 4TH LUMBAR VERTEBRAE.