Wierd II: 15 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Carlin,
Eureka County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602575
Wierd II has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2006
- Latest incident
- Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
0
significant & substantial
$8,757
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 142 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wierd II has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-01-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 93.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1
citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2006-12-27.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| WEST 2007-157M |
Dismissal |
Weisberger |
2007 |
$60 → $0 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2006-10-15, 19 years ago
Most sampled contaminants
- Diesel Particulate Material3
Show the individual readings (3)
| Date |
Contaminant |
Concentration |
Limit |
Conc / limit |
Occupation |
| 2006-10-15 |
Diesel Particulate Material |
163.26 |
308 |
0.53 |
Miner, Drift |
| 2006-10-15 |
Diesel Particulate Material |
161.29 |
308 |
0.52 |
Miner, Drift |
| 2006-10-15 |
Diesel Particulate Material |
158.93 |
308 |
0.52 |
Miner, Drift |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2007 |
1 |
| 2006 |
3 |
| 2005 |
0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wierd II sits in Eureka County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 30.5% 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.
Eureka County, Nevada · Population 1,660
30.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,095
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2007 Q1 |
85 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 |
96 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 |
123 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 |
156 |
1 |
0 |
6410.3 |
| 2006 Q1 |
156 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2006 · 1 incident
March 6, 2006
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE working on top of batch plant. EE was fixing to climb down off of the top of the plant. EE was walking over to get on the ladder and tripped and fell head first down inside the ladder cage, striking right side of face on cage built around ladder.