Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE APPARENTLY WAS USING A BOX KNIFE TO CUT A SMALL PIECE OF RUBBER HOSE. WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS LEFT THUMB.
Steer Offices: 105 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
First Majestic Silver Corporation
ELKO,
Elko County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602370
Steer Offices has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1999–2001
- Latest incident
- Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,029
proposed penalties
$8,029
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
735
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.Rate withheld: 735 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Steer Offices has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.16.2%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.8%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 94.1% moderate, 2.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2004-05-04, 22 years ago
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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.17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz62 over
- Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.6
- Total Carbon,TC6
- Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (19)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-08-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1.73 | 0.44 | 3.93 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-08-06 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1.46 | 0.58 | 2.52 | Mucking Mach. Operator |
| 2004-05-04 | Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.24 | Drill Operator, Rotary Air | ||
| 2003-10-16 | Total Carbon,TC | 267.11 | 400 | 0.67 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-10-16 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 241.57 | 400 | 0.60 | Truck Driver |
| 2003-10-16 | Total Carbon,TC | 248.2 | 400 | 0.62 | Truck Driver |
| 2003-10-16 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 268.47 | 400 | 0.67 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-04-02 | Total Carbon,TC | 235.39 | 400 | 0.59 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-04-02 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 159.09 | 400 | 0.40 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-04-02 | Total Carbon,TC | 155.78 | 400 | 0.39 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-04-02 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 178.04 | 400 | 0.45 | Roof Bolter, Mounted |
| 2003-04-02 | Total Carbon,TC | 187.99 | 400 | 0.47 | Roof Bolter, Mounted |
| 2003-04-02 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 193.93 | 400 | 0.48 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-01-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.88 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2003-01-29 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 109.64 | 400 | 0.27 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
| 2003-01-29 | Total Carbon,TC | 108.53 | 400 | 0.27 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
| 2003-01-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.55 | 1 | 0.55 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump |
| 2002-10-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.71 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-10-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.98 | Truck Driver |
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.
Steer Offices recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
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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.0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Nevada, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.26 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2002 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2001 * | 13.13 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2000 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
- Independence Mining Company Inc 1999 to 1999
- Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp 1999 to 2003
- Queenstake Resources U.S.A. , Inc. 2003 to 2015
- Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2003 | 14 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2000 | 14 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Steer Offices sits in Elko County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 19.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Elko County, Nevada · Population 53,852
19.6%
Mining share of county employment
$83,427
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q4 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,522 | 3 | 0 | 1971.1 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 5,253 | 2 | 0 | 380.7 |
| 2003 Q3 | 9,010 | 5 | 2 | 554.9 |
| 2003 Q2 | 10,123 | 10 | 0 | 987.8 |
| 2003 Q1 | 9,844 | 14 | 1 | 1422.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Q4 | 11,407 | 3 | 0 | 263.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 12,742 | 11 | 4 | 863.3 |
| 2002 Q2 | 12,238 | 12 | 0 | 980.6 |
| 2002 Q1 | 11,575 | 17 | 2 | 1468.7 |
| 2001 Q4 | 11,257 | 1 | 0 | 88.8 |
| 2001 Q3 | 11,404 | 6 | 3 | 526.1 |
| 2001 Q2 | 11,945 | 3 | 2 | 251.2 |
| 2001 Q1 | 11,105 | 6 | 3 | 540.3 |
| 2000 Q4 | 9,907 | 1 | 0 | 100.9 |
| 2000 Q3 | 7,824 | 1 | 0 | 127.8 |
| 2000 Q2 | 7,104 | 3 | 0 | 422.3 |
| 2000 Q1 | 6,251 | 4 | 0 | 639.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2001 · 3 incidents
Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREW AUGER FOR CEMENT. THE AIR VALVE WAS STILL OPEN AND BLEW CEMENT INTO HIS FACE WHEN HE TOOK THE PLATE OFF.
Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp · Struck by powered moving object
EE WAS STANDING IN THE HEADING BI 7280 ATTEMPTING TO HELP THE LHD OPERATOR CLEAR THE HEADING FOR BOLTING. HE HAD APPROX 4' OF CLEARANCE UNTIL THE R FRONT WHEEL OF THE LHD FELL INTO A HOLE WHIL E BACKING THROUGH A TURN. HE SAW THAT THE BUCKET WAS CLOSE AND PUT UP HIS RIGHT ARM TO PROTECT HIMSELF WHEN IT BECAME PINCHED FROM THE HAND TO THE ELBOW AND BUCKET TO RIB. FRACTURED HIS ULNA
1999 · 1 incident
Independence Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A CHAIN HANGING FRON THE RIB SNAGGED THE RAILING ON THE TRUCK BEING OPERATED BY INJURED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE CHAIN THE RAILING SLID AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS.