Mining Incidents

L-5 Portable Crusher: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

White Pine County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602033

MSHA record for L-5 Portable Crusher (mine ID 2602033). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. Geneva Rock Products Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

L-5 Portable Crusher sits in White Pine County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 15.4% 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.
White Pine County, Nevada · Population 8,856
15.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,294
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

December 18, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Geneva Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND CAUGHT AND SMASHED WHILE MOVING CRUSHER

October 30, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Geneva Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STANDING CUTTING EDGE UP, SO HE COULD WALK IT OUT OF ROADWAY