Mining Incidents

Lucky Boy Silica: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Desert Gold Inc · Surface
Controlled by Eierman Conrad R
Mineral County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602227

MSHA record for Lucky Boy Silica (mine ID 2602227). 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
1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Desert Gold Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lucky Boy Silica sits in Mineral County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 6.2% 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.
Mineral County, Nevada · Population 4,557
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$50,584
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

1994 · 1 incident

April 14, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Desert Gold Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

DRILLER LIFTED THE END OF A DOWN HOLE HAMMER TO PLACE A CHOCK (ROCK) UNDER IT. WHEN DOING SO, HE FELT PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AND BUTTOCK AREA.