Pinson Underground has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
33
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,624
proposed penalties
$3,624
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 217 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pinson Underground has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $124 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$124 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2006-05-10.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2005-09-09, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Arsenic dust3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-09-09
Arsenic dust
0
500
0.00
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2005-09-09
Arsenic dust
0
500
0.00
Diamond Drill Operator
2005-09-09
Arsenic dust
0
500
0.00
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Pinson Underground recorded 6.26 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
6.26
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.44 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2009
10
2008
16
2006
4
2005
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pinson Underground sits in Humboldt County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.1% 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.
Humboldt County, Nevada · Population 17,299
20.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,946
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2010 Q1
196
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
168
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,280
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,050
5
0
2439.0
2009 Q1
3,009
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
16,900
1
0
59.2
2008 Q3
1,261
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,778
3
0
385.7
Show 7 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1
6,030
2
1
331.7
2006 Q3
260
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,640
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,705
2
0
1173.0
2005 Q4
7,242
7
2
966.6
2005 Q3
7,240
8
2
1105.0
2005 Q2
2,310
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2008 · 2 incidents
September 9, 2008NV · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was moving a cement box with a forklift. The box was not picked up evenly with the forks. EE got out of the forklift & adjusted the box manually when he states that he felt a pop in his left arm. The box weighs an est. 500 lbs. EE did mention pain in his arm to fellow workers, however did not inform the safety staff till the next morning.
March 11, 2008NV · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manMACHINERY