Mining Incidents

Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Elko, Elko County, NV  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602639

Wash Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
17
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,335
proposed penalties
$2,335
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
24
inspections on record
190
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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-08.
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
2025 Q4 865 1 0 1156.1
2025 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,039 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 611 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,550 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,781 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 276 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,493 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,335 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 479 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 952 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 816 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 945 1 0 1058.2
2021 Q3 3,625 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,585 1 1 278.9
2021 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,499 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,154 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,897 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 690 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,295 1 0 435.7
2019 Q2 2,087 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,317 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,338 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 337 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,894 1 1 528.0
2017 Q3 3,160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,587 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,761 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,171 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,212 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,871 1 0 348.3
2015 Q2 3,068 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,479 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 874 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 776 2 1 2577.3
2014 Q2 1,069 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,074 2 1 1862.2
2013 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 131 2 0 15267.2
2010 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 956 4 2 4184.1
2008 Q3 371 1 0 2695.4
2008 Q2 43 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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