EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A PIECE OF 4 INCH X 4 INCH LUMBER, USING A HAND HELD CIRCULAR SAW. HE HAD TO CUT TWICE TO SEPARATE PIECES. HE WAS HOLDING THE 4X4 WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS MAKING 2ND CUT WHEN THE SAW C5UGHT, JUMPED AND ROTATING BLADE COME DOWN ON HIS LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER, SEVERLY MANGELING SAME.
Torcal Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Torcal Resources Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Torcal Resources Limited
Humboldt County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601945
MSHA record for Torcal Mill (mine ID 2601945). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Jun 1986
Ownership history
- Torcal Resources Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Torcal Mill sits in Humboldt County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.1% 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.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
2 on file1986 · 2 incidents
June 22, 1986
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
MACHINERY
Torcal Resources Inc · Struck by powered moving object
March 23, 1986
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Torcal Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SHOVELING UNDER3JAW CRUSHER, ROCK FELL OFF OF FEED CONVEYOR, MASHED RIGHT RING FINGER, BETWEEN ROCK AND SHOVEL HANDLE.