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Osceola Project: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

White Pine County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601865

MSHA record for Osceola Project (mine ID 2601865). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Continental Gold Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Osceola Project sits in White Pine County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 15.4% 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.
White Pine County, Nevada · Population 8,856
15.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,294
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Gold Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME AND I.NAME UNLOADED 3 FULL 55 GAL OIL DRUMS FROM PICKUP BY TIPPING BARRELS ON THEIR SIDE THEN SLIDING OVER OPEN TAILGATE SO THEY WOULD LAND UPRIGHT. I.NAME WAS ON GROUND AT LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE HELPING TIP LAST BARREL OFF PICKUP AND MISJUDGED WHERE BARREL WOULD LAND.IT LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT ABOUT 2\\ BELOW ANKLE.

April 28, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Continental Gold Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HAD INTENSE FREEZE AND VALVE NEEDED TO BE FRAINED BUT ICE ALL OVER AREA. WALKED ACROSS ICE TO GPON VALVE AND SLIPPED ON ICE JAMMING RIGHT SHIN INTO VALVE EDGE TORE FLASH OVER BONE.