Mining Incidents

Rose-Dale: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Pershing County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601838

MSHA record for Rose-Dale (mine ID 2601838). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Minerals Associates Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rose-Dale sits in Pershing County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.4% 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.
Pershing County, Nevada · Population 6,505
20.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,007
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 19, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Minerals Associates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE MOTOR GRADER SMOOTHING LOOSE DIRT. THE RIGHT RAISE LEVER STARTED POPPING IN AND OUT AS THE MULLBOARD BECAME FULL OF DIRT THE OPERATOR WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT HAND WH EN HE REACHED FOR THE LEVER TO STOP IT

1983 · 3 incidents

December 22, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Minerals Associates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE DIRECTING A LOADER STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AND FELL WRENCHING BACK UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT STILL NOT BACK TO WORK PERHAPS ANOTHER WEEK

December 1, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Minerals Associates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDER STANDING ON A 4"X8" BOARD ON GROUND-WELDING ON A CRUSHER STEPPED OFF BOARD AND TRIPPED. POKED INSIDE CORNER OF RIGHT EYE WITH HOT END OF ROD IN THE STINGER HE WAS HOLDING 1ST DEGREE BUR N ON SKIN AROUND EYE AND INFLAMMATION OF EYE.

November 17, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Minerals Associates Inc · Struck against stationary object

A SNOWY AFTERNOON, SORTING WOOD, I STEPPED OVER A PILE F WOOD, TO ATTAIN A NEEDED PIECE. A PEICE OF WOOD, WHIHC WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. DROVE A 20\ NAIL INTO MY RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE. THE REASON FOR GOING TO THE HOSPITAL WAS A COMPANY POLICY FALL-SAFE.