Mining Incidents

Lucky Boy Silica Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Services Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Gordon Pogorelc
Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602731

Lucky Boy Silica Pit has $794 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$794
proposed penalties
$794
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
4
inspections on record
57
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 57 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lucky Boy Silica Pit has $794 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$794
proposed penalties
$794
current assessed
$794
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2025 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 791 1 0 1264.2
2014 Q3 2,657 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,491 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,756 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 420 3 1 7142.9
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 1,716 2 1 1165.5
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 572 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.

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