Mining Incidents

Sandy Valley Project: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Durga Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Durga Resources Ltd
boulder city, Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602194

MSHA record for Sandy Valley Project (mine ID 2602194). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Durga Resources Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sandy Valley Project sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

March 20, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Durga Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING A PIECE OF IRON.

1992 · 1 incident

November 15, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Durga Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING STRAPS WITH RAZOR BLADE KNIFE CUT FINGER.