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Mother Lode Mine: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602110

Mother Lode Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
Ownership history
  1. U S Nevada Gold Search 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 4
1991 16
1990 43
1989 41
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mother Lode Mine sits in Nye County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Nye County, Nevada · Population 53,207
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1991 · 1 incident

April 15, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
U S Nevada Gold Search · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A STEEL PLATE WAS BEING LOADED ONTO A 966 CAT LOADER WHEN THE RIGHT RING FINGER WAS MASHED AND CUT BETWEEN THE STEEL PLATE AND A WOODEN BLOCK. EIGHT STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

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1990 · 4 incidents

August 22, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Nevada Gold Search · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THIS REPORT IS LATE BECAUSE EE DID NOT KNOW THE FINGER WAS FRACTURED. EE OPENED THE PULVERIZER DOOR AND IT TRAPPED THE FINGER BETWEEN THE DOOR AND TABLE. THE DR GAVE HIM A TETNUS SHOT, XRAY, A ND A SPLINT WAS PUT ON HIS FINGER.

April 19, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
U S Nevada Gold Search · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BECAME FATIGUED FROM PROLONGED OPERATION OF GRINDER AND GETTING IT TO CLOSE TO THE BODY.

April 11, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
U S Nevada Gold Search · Struck against stationary object

BUMPED ELBOW ON DOZER.