Marshall Earth Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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
Marshall Earth Resources Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Hugh Roy Marshall
Storey County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602076
Upper Ophir has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1989.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1989–1991
- Latest incident
- May 1991
Ownership history
- Marshall Earth Resources Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1988 | 6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Upper Ophir sits in Storey County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Storey County, Nevada · Population 4,139
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$96,000
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1991 · 2 incidents
Marshall Earth Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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.
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1990 · 1 incident
Marshall Earth Resources Inc · Struck by falling object
ROCK SIZE OF FOOTBALL CAME OFF OVER TIMBER BEING SET STRUCK M INER
1989 · 1 incident
Marshall Earth Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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.