A PROPPED OPEN DOOR SLAMMED SHUT IN A GUST OF WIND WHILE SOLDERING A RADIATOR. DOOR SLAMMED SHUT, PINNING THE HEAD INSIDE.
Upper Ophir: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Upper Ophir (mine ID 2602076). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1989–1991
- Latest incident
- May 1991
- Marshall Earth Resources Inc 1988 to present
Upper Ophir sits in Storey County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
4 on file1991 · 2 incidents
LOOSE GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL IT W TIMBER SET AND CRIBBING ONE PIECE CRIBBING DISLODGED SOME GROUND CAUSING GROUND TO GIVE AWAY. STRUCK A PIECE OF TIMBER IN EE S HAND PINNING HAND B ETWEEN TIMBER & BUCKET. SMASHED FINGER.
1990 · 1 incident
ROCK SIZE OF FOOTBALL CAME OFF OVER TIMBER BEING SET STRUCK M INER
1989 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TOOTH ON BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER.AN AIR RATCHET HELD IN THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT AHND WAS USED TO INSTALL BOLT WHICH WAS IN EMPLOYEES LEFT AHND.BOLT SLOPPED WHILE SPINNIN G AND INJURED LEFT HAND.