Black Mountain Industrial Minerals LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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Ivory Mine: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Black Mountain Industrial Minerals LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Barbara Spurgeon
Fernley,
Churchill County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602543
Ivory Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,299
proposed penalties
$2,299
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
9
inspections on record
86
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: 86 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ivory Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-15.
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.30.8%
significant & substantial
23.1%
high negligence or reckless
30.8%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.4% low, 61.5% moderate, 23.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Industrial Minerals & Technology, LLC 2004 to 2007
- Black Mountain Industrial Minerals LLC 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ivory Mine sits in Churchill County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.Churchill County, Nevada · Population 25,614
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,268
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q4 | 631 | 2 | 1 | 3169.6 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,085 | 8 | 3 | 7373.3 |
| 2008 Q2 | 970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 912 | 4 | 0 | 4386.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 841 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.