Haystack Pit: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Haystack Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $316 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
7
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,548
proposed penalties
$4,232
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $316 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
4
inspections on record
44
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-10-06.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Haystack Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $316 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$316
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.83.3%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
83.3%
reasonably likely or greater
83.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 83.3% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- S.M.D. Development LLC 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Haystack Pit sits in Elko County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 19.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Elko County, Nevada · Population 53,852
19.6%
Mining share of county employment
$83,427
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q1 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.