Mining Incidents

Nelson Gold Rush Metal/Non-Metal

Nevada Rock LLC · Surface
Nelson, NV, Clark County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602829

Nelson Gold Rush has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $316 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 2019
48
citations
4
significant & substantial
$13,825
proposed penalties
$13,509
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $316 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
22
inspections on record
245
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: 245 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nelson Gold Rush has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $316 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$316
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
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 960 2 0 2083.3
2025 Q3 521 3 1 5758.2
2025 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 885 7 2 7909.6
2024 Q4 1,007 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,003 7 0 6979.1
2024 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,425 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,480 4 0 2702.7
2023 Q3 1,620 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,609 6 0 3729.0
2023 Q1 2,344 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,521 2 0 1314.9
2022 Q3 1,726 2 0 1158.7
2022 Q2 1,617 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,503 3 0 1996.0
2021 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,918 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,392 2 1 1436.8
2021 Q1 1,525 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,396 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,077 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,421 2 0 1407.5
2020 Q1 1,205 1 0 829.9
2019 Q4 1,285 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 994 3 0 3018.1
2019 Q2 1,070 1 0 934.6
2019 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 765 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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