Mining Incidents

Toiyabe Project-Saddle Gold Deposit: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Gd Resources Inc · Surface
Lander County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602020

MSHA record for Toiyabe Project-Saddle Gold Deposit (mine ID 2602020). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. N A Degerstrom Inc 1987 to 1993
  2. Gd Resources Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Toiyabe Project-Saddle Gold Deposit sits in Lander County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 28.2% 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.
Lander County, Nevada · Population 5,745
28.2%
Mining share of county employment
$84,474
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 2 incidents

August 10, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N A Degerstrom Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE, WHILE GETTING INTO TRUCK, WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON A ROCK, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN THE GROIN AREA.

May 7, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N A Degerstrom Inc · Fall from machine

ALL HAND RAILS AND STEPS WERE IN PLACE AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 18, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N A Degerstrom Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DISMANTLING ELECTRIC WINDOW MOTOR A SPRING LOADED ARM SWUNG AROUND, CATCHING EMPLOYEE S RIGHT HAND FRACTURING LITTLE FINGER.

September 19, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N A Degerstrom Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS APPEARS TO BE AN AGGRAVATION OF AN OLD INJURY IN DECEMBER 1987 WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM EQUIPMENT EMPL HURT HIS BACK HE REPORTED TO THE DR AT THAT TIME AFTER RETURNING TO WORK PAIN IN BACK STARTED TO RETURN UNTIL EMPL REPORTED AGAIN TO THE DR