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Tallulah: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dorow Art
Humboldt County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602256

MSHA record for Tallulah (mine ID 2602256). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Oct 1994
Ownership history
  1. Sky Scientific Mining & Processing Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tallulah sits in Humboldt County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.1% 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.
Humboldt County, Nevada · Population 17,299
20.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,946
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

October 20, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sky Scientific Mining & Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MILL WAS JAMMED WITH ROCK. WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG THE MILL, THE ROD SLIPPED AND HIT THE IMPACT BLADES. THIS CAUSED THE BAR TO SLAM THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND AGAINST THE MILL. NO DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE MILL, BUT THE THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED RIGHT SECOND METACARPAL HEAD AVULSION FRACTURE WITHOUT DISLOCATION.