EE WAS JAMMING BACK FILL WITH D-3 DOZER A PIECE OF WIRE USED FOR WIRING THE BACK CAUGHT HIS RIGHT CAR AS HE WAS BACKING UP. THE WIRE SLICED THRUTOP OF HIS EAR EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSP & HIS EAR NEEDED TO BE SUTURED 7-8 STITCHES
ROSEBUD: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
ROSEBUD has $440 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
- 26
- Years on record
- 1994–2000
- Latest incident
- Apr 2000
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.ROSEBUD has $440 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
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.| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST20020346M | Settlement | Cetti | 2002 | $55 → $55 |
ROSEBUD recorded 1.72 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
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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.- Equinox Resources Inc 1993 to 1994
- Hecla Mining Company 1994 to 1996
- Rosebud Mining Company L L C 1996 to 2026
- Small Mine Development 2026 to present
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2000 | 54 |
ROSEBUD sits in Pershing County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.4% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q3 | 1,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 3,738 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 19,169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 45,144 | 3 | 0 | 66.5 |
| 2000 Q1 | 48,299 | 4 | 0 | 82.8 |
Reportable incidents
26 on file2000 · 1 incident
1999 · 3 incidents
MINER WAS LOADING SPLIT SET BOLTS INTO A TAM ROCK ROCK BOLTER. SOME SMALL LOOS ROCK CAME DOWN FROM HIGH ON THE RIB WALL HITTING HIS HARDHAT. HE PUT HIS HANDS UP OVER HIS HEAD AND SOME MORE PIE CES CAME DOWN. ONE OF THEM STRUCK HIS LITTLE AND RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND. IT FRACTURED THE VERY TIP OF THE BONE OF THE LITTLE FINGER.
LHD OPERATOR WAS MUCKING IN STOPE. HE NOTICED A SMOKE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE GOT HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND DEPLOYED IT ON FIRE AREA. THOUGHT IT WAS OUT BUT IT FLARED BACK U P. HE EMPTIED THE EXTINGISHER AND IT FLARED AGAIN. HE THEN EXITED THE STOPE & CALLED FOR STENCH TO HAVE THE MINE EVACUATED. MINE WAS EXAVACTED AND MINE MANAGEMENT NOTIFIED & MINE RESCUE ACT
EE WAS SCALING DOWN LOOSE ROCK FROM HIGH ON RIB WALL. WHEN LOOSE ROCK DISLODGED, HIS MOMENTUM TOOK HIM FORWARD UNDER THE ROCK. THE LOOSE ROCK CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS TAKEN TO H OSPITAL AND XRAYS SHOWED NO FRACTURES. SHOULDER WAS BRUISED AND RESULTED IN RESTRICTED DUTY.
1998 · 4 incidents
EE WAS TRIPPING RODS AND SLIPPED OFF THE BACK OF THE DRILL DECK AND FELL 2 1/2'.
EE WAS WORKING AS A RELIEF SHIFTER. HE WAS MAKING HIS MORNING ROUNDS ON A TRACTOR. AS HE WAS BACKING OUT OF A STOPE, HE HAD HIS HAND ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOX. HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH MADE T HE REAR MANBASKET (WHICH IS HINGED) BOUNCE UP AND THE FRAMEWORK PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND FIR EXTINGUISHER BOX. IT LACERATED AND FRACTURED A BONE POF THE FINGER BETWEEN THE 1ST
EE WAS TAKING A RIB SAMPLE IN STORE #22 PANEL S-7, HE HAD LOST HIS SAFETY GLASSES BUT PROCEEDED TO SAMPLE. WHILE CHIPPING A SAMPLE A SMALL ROCK CHIP LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE CHIP CAME OU T AT THE DR'S OFFICE. NO DAMAGE TO THE EYE, BUT HE WAS PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS TO PREVENT ANY INFECTION.
AT START OF SHIFT, A GEOLOGIST PLUGGED IN A "SALAMANDER" SPACE HEATER IN THE CORE SHED STORAGE AREA. SOME CORE BOXES LEFT FROM NIGHT SHIFT WERE IN FRONT OF THE HEATER. HE LEFT TO USE THE RESTR OOM IN ANOTHER BUILDING. WHEN HE RETURNED HE DISCOVERED A FIRE. TOLD SHIFT BOSS & MECH. THEY EXTINGUISHED FIRE W/ EXTINGUISHER & WATER TRUCK.
1997 · 12 incidents
EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF DECK ONTO GROUND AND TURNED ANKLE WHEN LANDED. AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS A MINOR SPRAIN AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
EE WAS BACKING 3.5 LHD OUT OF ACCESS MAKING A TURN WHEN LHD TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE. EE THEN LOWERED BUCKET TO GET LHD BACKON ITS WHEELS. WHEN IT WENT BACK UP HE BRACED HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND REMOTE CONTROL BOX COVER SLAMMED DOWN ON HIS INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS. BOTH FINGERS WERELACERATED NEEDING STITCHES.
EMP WAS CLEANING OUT LIFTER HOLE TO INSTALL COLLAR PIPE. HE WAS BENT OVER AND A ROCK PEELED OFF OF THE FACE FROM ABOUT 10' HIGH AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD FORCING HIM TO THE GROUND. WHE HE HIT HE LACERATED ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE AND UPPED LIP & LOST ONE TOOTH.
EE WAS LOADING BENT PIECE OF 6"PIPE INTO THE BACK OF A 20TON HAUL TRUCK W/HIS PARTNER. THE PIPE SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN OVER THE SIDE OF THE TRUCKHE DROPPED HIS END AND IT BOUNCED UP AND CAME DO NW & CUT HIM ON HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM REQ STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING WITH A 3 1/2 YARD WAGNER LHD W/CANOPY ABOUT 1/2 WAY IN PANEL. ROCK CAME OUTOF BACK, HIT CANOPY AND BROKE W/ A PIECE HITTING HIM ON THIGH ABOUT 3" ABOVE KNEE. THIS FOCED HI S FOOT INTO ON THE FLOOR BOARD AND CAUSED COMPRESSION FRACTURE JUST AT THE ANKLE OF LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING U.G. DOZER. HE STOPPED THE DOZER AND WAS GOING TO GET IT OFF. HE STEPPED OUT ON THE TRACKS OF DOZER & SLIPPED, AS HE WAS FALLING, HE REACHED FOR VENT BAG, BUT IT DIDN'T HOLD HIM UP. HE FELL OFF HTE DOZER LANDING AWKWARDS ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. & DISLOCATED HIS ANKLE & CHIPPED PART OF LOWER LEG BONE.
DOING HIS NORMAL WORK, NOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE, WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND REMOVED.
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE CONVEYOR BELT AT BATCH PLANT. HE WAS CUTTING THE BELT W/A RAZOR KNIFE. PULLED THE KNIFE TOWARDS HIM AND IT SLIPPED AND POKED HIM IN THE LEFT LEG INSIDE JUST ABOVE THE KNE E. IT TOOK 3 STITCHES.
GROUND GAVE WAY DUE TO UNSEEN SLIP AT INTERSECTION JUST IN THE ACCESS OF THE ORE ZONE. INTERSECTION WAS BOLTED WITH 6' SPLIT SETS AND SPOT BOLTED WITH 8' SPLIT SETS. BROKE OUT ABOVE ANCHORAGE ON ONE SIDE AND ABOUT 4'-5' ON OTHER SIDE OF INTERSECTION. JUMBO HAD BEEN DRILLING IN PANEL. OPERATOR NOTICED "DRIBBLING"; GOT OFF JUMBO TO CHECK ROOF. GROUNDFALL BURIED JUMBO. NO INJURY.
EE WAS STANDING ON DRIVERS SIDE FRONT OF 20 TON HAUL TRUCK. OPERATOR OF HAUL TRUCK STARTED TO BACK UP AND ARTICULATED CAB OF TRUCK TOWARD RIB WALL. THE PINCHED THE EE LEFT LEG AGAINST THE RIB WALL. SMALL BONE IN LOWER LEFT LEG FIBULA WAS FRACTURED. ALSO PUNCHRE TYPE WOULD TO BACK OF CALF.
MINER WAS HELPING OTHER MINER BOLT W/SPLIT SETS IN UP RAMP, 1ST ROUND IN FROM INTERSECTION. MINERS HAD BARRED DOWN INITIALLY + 1 MORE TIME. WHILE INSTALLING A MAT, A ROCK APPROX. 30# CAME OUT OF BACK STRIKING HIM ON ARCH OF RIGHT FOOT. THIS BROKE A BONE IN FOOT & CAUSED LACERATION WHICH NEEDED STITCHES.
EE WAS BOLTING W/JACKLEG-WAS ON HISLAST BOLT IN MAT ON BACK. OTHER MINER HAD HALTED PREV ACTIVITY TO BAR LOOS ROCK FROM BACK. SMALL FOOTBALL SIZE ROCK CAME LOOSE. UNWAWARE, STRIKING EE ON RIGH T FOREARM CAUSING LACERATION APPROX 2"L WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES
1996 · 3 incidents
WAS MOVING CORE OFF DRILL SITE, SLIPPED ON MUDDY GROUND, DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN UNTIL HE WENT TO MOVE ANOTHER BOX. HE SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
SPILING HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOVE BROW. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON STEEL SET AND WAS UNDER THE SPILING. A SMALL SLAB HAD WORKED LOOSE IN THE BACK AND FELL ON THE SPILING AND BROKE W/PIECE OF IT HITTI NG EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK. THIS WAS AT THE END OF HIS ROTATION. HE THOUGHT HE WAS OK. AT THE STARTOF NEW ROTATION, HIS ARM WAS BOTHERING HIM SO HEWAS SENT TO DR. GOT LIGHT DUTY RELEASE 6 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF NEW PORTAL BLASTING SITE TOO SOON AFTER 4 MISS HOLE SHAD BEEN BLASTED. I HAD A SEPARATE FUSE PRIMER AND HAND'T GONE OFF. IT WENT OFF AS EMPLOYEE APPROACH ED THE FACE. HE WAS HIT ABOUT THE UPPER TORSO ARM, NECK, AND FACE W/CLAY TYPE FLY ROCK. EYES HAD TO BE IRRIGATED AND FOREIGN MATERIAL REMOVED.
1994 · 3 incidents
WHILE ROCK BOLTING BACK EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING JACK LEG BY THE LEG TO CHANGE STEEL. HEAD OF JACK LEG TILTED FOREWARD PINCHING RIGHT RING FINGER.
FALL OF GROUND STARTED AT 11:45PM WITH SMALL AMOUNT & KEPT WORKING. COULD NOT ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT GROUND UNTIL IT QUIT FALLING.
EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING FACE WITH 3 1/2 LHD WHILE RETURNING TO MUCK BAY TO DUMP LOADED BUCKET A FALL OF GROWN OCCURRED.