Mining Incidents

Rock Valley Community Pit: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Nyecon · Surface
Controlled by Michael Charles Weitman
Lathrop Wells, Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602680

Rock Valley Community Pit has $500 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
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$500
proposed penalties
$500
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
5
inspections on record
61
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: 61 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock Valley Community Pit has $500 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.
$500
proposed penalties
$500
current assessed
$500
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-03.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. NyeCon Inc 2010 to 2010
  2. Nyecon 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rock Valley Community Pit sits in Nye County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Nye County, Nevada · Population 53,207
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,975
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
2015 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 112 2 0 17857.1
2010 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 304 3 0 9868.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

October 7, 2010 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nyecon · Struck by flying object

The EE is regularly a truck driver. On this day he was filling in to help the mechanic repair a piece of equipment. The EE was wearing required protective gear. He was laying on the ground to brace the ripper, they were attempting to put a pin in, a metal chip flew and pierced his right forearm. He was unaware of the injury until he saw the blood.