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Spring Valley Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Geo Nevada Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hau Sun Ho
MOUNDHOUSE, Lyon County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602470

Spring Valley Mine has $12K 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
2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
53
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,670
proposed penalties
$9,889
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,781 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
53
inspections on record
523
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: 523 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Spring Valley Mine has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,120 3 0 2678.6
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,270 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,742 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,923 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,904 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,928 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,909 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,270 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,924 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,272 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,846 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,246 1 0 445.2
2019 Q1 1,839 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,122 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,238 1 1 446.8
2018 Q1 1,901 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,294 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,216 2 0 902.5
2017 Q1 1,870 1 0 534.8
2016 Q4 2,200 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,708 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,629 2 1 1227.7
2016 Q1 1,428 1 0 700.3
2015 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 910 2 0 2197.8
2015 Q1 1,484 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,472 1 0 404.5
2014 Q3 1,993 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,602 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,126 1 0 470.4
2013 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,106 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,770 4 1 2259.9
2013 Q1 1,861 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,387 1 1 721.0
2012 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,628 2 0 1228.5
2012 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,234 4 2 1790.5
2011 Q3 1,810 2 0 1105.0
2011 Q2 1,459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,532 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,440 6 3 4166.7
2009 Q4 1,680 5 4 2976.2
2009 Q3 1,423 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,692 4 2 2364.1
2009 Q1 1,558 1 0 641.8
2008 Q4 1,696 3 1 1768.9
2008 Q3 1,582 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,405 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,542 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,084 3 0 1439.5
2007 Q3 1,886 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,143 3 0 2624.7
2007 Q1 1,469 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,676 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

October 1, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Geo Nevada Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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