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: 178 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rita K has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-05.
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.
Rita K recorded 5.53 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ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.
5.53
total case rate
1.84
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.19 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024
5.53
1.84
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
2025
41
2024
51
2023
30
2022
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rita K sits in Eureka County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 30.5% 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.
Eureka County, Nevada · Population 1,660
30.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,095
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
2025 Q3
13,033
3
0
230.2
2025 Q2
23,089
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
27,659
2
1
72.3
2024 Q4
27,535
1
0
36.3
2024 Q3
27,336
1
0
36.6
2024 Q2
27,424
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
26,215
1
0
38.1
2023 Q4
22,127
3
0
135.6
Show 5 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3
18,616
1
0
53.7
2023 Q2
18,979
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,402
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
8,581
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,302
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2025 · 1 incident
August 28, 2025NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nevada Gold Mines LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Ee helping move brassboard weighing approx 200lbs from lineout room to the rear of flatbed truck. During team lift, in process of lowering brassboard onto flatbed, ee's left index finger was pinched between edge of brassboard and a toolbox on the flatbed. Seen at clinic, referred to ER for ortho consult. Fracture, released to full duty.
EE was using rap wrench to break bonds on a bundle of spiling (pipe). Pushed wrench on last bond, bond broke, causing the pipe to roll down, pinch ee left middle finger. Seen at ER, xray negative for fracture, sutures required to close the wound.
Ee was tying leads on det cord when some material fell, striking the ee on the head, shoulders, and back. Seen at ER, diagnosed with fractures to the sinus. Released to full duty. Follow-up with ENT confirmed no further care required.
Ee was installing a 90 degree elbow on the back of a sprayer. The elbow fell, landing on the employee's left hand. Diagnosed with fractures to the index and middle finger and put off work pending orthopedic surgery.