Mining Incidents

New Discovery Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Vanderbilt Minerals LLC · Underground
Beatty, Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600052

New Discovery Mine has $1K 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
4
Years on record
1985–1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,460
proposed penalties
$1,460
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
416
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: 416 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

New Discovery Mine has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-28.
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
2017 Q1 2,956 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,414 1 0 414.3
2016 Q3 2,794 1 0 357.9
2016 Q2 2,482 4 1 1611.6
2016 Q1 2,630 1 0 380.2
2011 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,196 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,326 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 1,640 2 0 1219.5
2007 Q4 2,223 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,566 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,246 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 2 0
2005 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,509 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,451 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,464 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,046 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,890 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,813 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,378 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,834 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,922 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,272 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,330 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,640 1 0 274.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 20, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Vanderbilt Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING CLAY 8PADER WHEN HE JAMMED THE TENDON IN RT WRIST CAUSING TENOSYNOVITIS

1985 · 3 incidents

August 14, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vanderbilt Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING ORE CHUTE-CAUGHT FLESHY PART OF FINGER BETWEEN CHUTE BAR & THE ORE IN THE ORE CAR

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