Mining Incidents

TULE CANYON PLACER Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Slade; Milton Cox
Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602234

TULE CANYON PLACER has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $905 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,245
proposed penalties
$340
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $905 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
79
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 79 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TULE CANYON PLACER has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $905 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$340
paid to date
$905
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2000 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 1 incident

August 3, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Equistar Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

PARTICLES OF RUST AND STEEL HIT ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL AND CAME INTO THE SIDE OF MY SAFETY GLASSES INTO BOTH OF MY EYES. HAPPENED WHILE GRINDING. WAS GRINDING WITH A HAND HELD GRINDER IN CONFI NED AREA.

1997 · 1 incident

April 10, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Equistar Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SHOVELIGN OTU CATCH TUB WHEN TOOL CAME IN CONTACT W/CATCH TUB-PUSHED CATCH TUP OUR PUSHING EMPLOYEE OVER THE SAFETY BAR APPROX 4' LANDING ON 4 SHOULDER AND SIDE.

1996 · 1 incident

March 30, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equistar Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LEANING OVER TO PICK UP PLASTIC SHEETING, HIT HEAD ON STEEL TROUGH.

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