Mining Incidents

Westwego: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602022

MSHA record for Westwego (mine ID 2602022). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Plenty River Management Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Westwego 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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 25, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Plenty River Management Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING TRUCK & EITHER TWISTED RT.KNEE OR SQUATTED TOO LONG ON KNEE