Mining Incidents

Little Jupiter Mine Or Little Jupiter Mi: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Circle A Construction Inc · Underground
Controlled by Marvin Aslett
Pershing County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601260

MSHA record for Little Jupiter Mine Or Little Jupiter Mi (mine ID 2601260). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. Jupiter Gold Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Circle A Construction Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Little Jupiter Mine Or Little Jupiter Mi sits in Pershing County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.4% 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.
Pershing County, Nevada · Population 6,505
20.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,007
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Circle A Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS CHIPPING AT SLAG AFTER WELDING. PIECE GOT UNDERNEATH GLASSES & GOT IN EYE. DR. PUT A PATCH ON IT AND TOLD HIM HE COULD RETURN TO WORK.

1984 · 3 incidents

October 3, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Circle A Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAID HE WAS SHOVELING ORE INTO THE BUCKET AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 8, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Circle A Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE SAID HE FELL DOWN AND HIT HIS NOSE. HE REPORTED IT TO SUPERVISOR AND HE TOOK HIM TO TOWN TO GO TO DOCTOR BUT STOPPED BEFORE HE GOT TO TOWN. SAID HE WENT TO DR. 2 OR 3 DAYS LATER WHEN IT BL ED AGAIN. DR. SAID A VESSEL WAS BROKEN.

April 10, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Circle A Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER HAD JUST PREVIOUSLY HELPED INSTALL RIGID NIPPLE IN TANK, CROSS THREADED NIPPLE AND NIPPLE PULLED OUT LETTING PIPE GO, HITTING WORKER. WORKER WAS NEGLIGENT IN HIS CROSS THREADING THE NIP PLE.

1983 · 1 incident

October 3, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Circle A Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING MACHINE FROM JACKLEG. MACHINE FELL AGAINST JACKLEG PINCHING RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND, CRACKING KNUCKLE.