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Shamrock Pit: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

K & R Gravel, LLC · Surface
Pahrump, Nye County, NV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602257

Shamrock Pit has $8K 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
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,741
proposed penalties
$6,453
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,288 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
335
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: 335 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shamrock Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $771 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-09.
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.
13.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
13.5%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.8% low, 94.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ 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.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20000513M Settlement Cetti 2001 $2K → $771
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2023-10-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.39 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Floyd's Construction Inc 1994 to 2023
  2. K & R Gravel, LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2012 0
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Shamrock 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
2026 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 396 6 0 15151.5
2025 Q4 366 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 402 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 364 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 360 3 0 8333.3
2024 Q3 422 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 406 4 0 9852.2
2023 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 174 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 139 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 111 2 0 18018.0
2010 Q3 77 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 377 2 0 5305.0
2009 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 319 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 141 1 0 7092.2
2008 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 314 2 0 6369.4
2008 Q1 479 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 355 2 0 5633.8
2007 Q3 352 3 0 8522.7
2007 Q2 356 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 280 1 0 3571.4
2006 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 277 2 0 7220.2
2006 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 343 1 0 2915.5
2005 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 325 2 0 6153.8
2004 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 28 6 1 214285.7
2003 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 341 2 0 5865.1
2003 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 454 1 1 2202.6
2002 Q1 490 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 267 1 0 3745.3
2001 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 160 3 0 18750.0
2001 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 353 3 1 8498.6
2000 Q2 387 5 4 12919.9
2000 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

March 21, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Floyd's Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SETTING BELTING ON JACK STAND WHEN JACK SLIPPED AND PINCHED HAND. HAD THREE STITCHES BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.

January 14, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Floyd's Construction Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK WHILE CLOSING DOOR OF CAB TO BULL DOZER TD25E. DOZER WAS OFF. FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRACK AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND BRAKING LEFT LEG.