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VEGAS VALLEY PLANT: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600492

MSHA record for VEGAS VALLEY PLANT (mine ID 2600492). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Ownership history
  1. Nevada Ready Mix 1950 to 1988
  2. Nevada Ready Mix Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

VEGAS VALLEY PLANT sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1995 · 1 incident

April 3, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Ready Mix Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING OUT THE HEAD PULLY ON THE GRIZZLY FEEDER, EMPLOYEE TURNED TO COME OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE BELT. HE RAISED HIS RIGHT ARM AND HIS GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER, FORCING HIS AR M THROUGH. HE SUSTAINED NERVE DAMAGE IN HIS ARM FOR WHICH THERE IS NO SURGERY BUT WILL REQUIRE THERAPY.

1994 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Nevada Ready Mix Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE WORKER WAS FILLING A GAS PUMP WITH GASOLINE & HE DID NOT SHUT THE PUMP OFF & SOME GASOLINE SPILLED ON TO THE ALREADY HOT EXHAUST & CAUSED A BURN TO HIS ARM.

June 28, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Ready Mix Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTAINENANCE AROUND THE PLANT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND AND LOWER ARM IN A MOVIN GCONVEYOR.

1993 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Ready Mix Corp · Fall from machine

MAN WORKING ON WASH PLANT SCREEN FELL TWENTY FEET TO THE GROUND AND BROKE HIS WRIST AND TWO RIBS. HE CLIMBED OUT SIDE THE CATWALK THERE WAS A FORK LIFT AND MAN CAGE AVAILABLE BUT HE TOOK IT UP ON HIMSELF TO CLIMB OUT. ALL EES HAVE BEEN INSTRRUCTED PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT IN SAFETY.

June 10, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Ready Mix Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

OPERATOR WAS WALKING TO PRIMARY CRUSHER WITH SHOVEL IN HAND LOST FOOTING AND SLIPPED. SHOVEL HANDLE WAS SPLINTERED WHEN HIS HAND SLID DOWN THE HANDLE SPLINTERED END PIERCED HIS HAND.

1988 · 5 incidents

October 19, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Ready Mix · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS DUMPING LOAD OF GRAVEL WITH DOOR OF TRUCK STANDING OPEN. HAD L. HAND RESSTIN ON DOOR FRAME. SOMETHING CAUSED DOR TO SLAM SHUT ON L THUM B.

May 31, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Ready Mix · Fall from machine

WALKING UP STEPS OF CONVEYOR BELT AND FELL OFF OF STEPS.

May 2, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Nevada Ready Mix · Fall from machine

STANDING ON MRS AND SOMETHING HIT HM AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND DAZED.

March 14, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nevada Ready Mix · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING MATERIAL AND STEPPING DOWN OFF OF CAT. SHOVELING MATERIAL ON 3/14/88 AND FELT PULL IN LOWER BACK/SAME DAY STEPPED DOWN OUT OF CAT AND FELT SAME PULLED MUSCLE.

February 11, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Ready Mix · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBINB UP A LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED THROUGH THE LADDER AND BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG.

1987 · 1 incident