Mining Incidents

TEMPIUTE: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Tempiute Inc. · Underground
Lincoln County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600340

MSHA record for TEMPIUTE (mine ID 2600340). 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
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Umetco Minerals Corp 1950 to 2026
  2. Tempiute Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

TEMPIUTE sits in Lincoln County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Lincoln County, Nevada · Population 4,452
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,496
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

1984 · 1 incident

May 18, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS REMOVING DRILL ROD FROM RAISE BORE ROD HOLDER HE HAD INSTALLED THE HOIST CHAIN AROUND THE ROD AND WAS WAITING TO HAVE THE ROD RELEASED FROM THE CLAMP OF ROD HOLDER AS THE CLAMP WAS RE RELEASED THE ROD SLIPPED DOWN OUT OF THE CHAIN THROUGH THE ROD HOLDER AND STRUCK HIM ON RT FOOT