Mining Incidents

Upper Ophir: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hugh Roy Marshall
Storey County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602076

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
Ownership history
  1. Marshall Earth Resources Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Upper Ophir sits in Storey County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
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 file

1991 · 2 incidents

May 29, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
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.

February 18, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
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.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

January 27, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
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.