Mining Incidents

Yerington Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
YERINGTON, Lyon County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602474

Yerington Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
102
citations
15
significant & substantial
$20,095
proposed penalties
$20,095
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
49
inspections on record
642
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: 642 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Yerington Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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 4,061 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,164 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,593 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,186 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,149 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,998 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,072 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,052 1 0 487.3
2023 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 685 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 663 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 607 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 604 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 604 1 1 1655.6
2021 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 599 2 0 3338.9
2020 Q4 591 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,009 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 258 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 683 2 0 2928.3
2019 Q1 979 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 499 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 829 4 0 4825.1
2017 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,117 1 0 895.3
2017 Q1 1,169 2 0 1710.9
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 1,186 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,803 2 0 1109.3
2016 Q1 875 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,846 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,117 8 1 3778.9
2014 Q4 2,854 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,141 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,330 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,839 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,509 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,786 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,597 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,269 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,958 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,591 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 244 1 0 4098.4
2011 Q3 608 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 834 3 1 3597.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,013 4 1 3948.7
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 863 1 0 1158.7
2008 Q4 384 4 0 10416.7
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 745 1 0 1342.3
2008 Q1 2,851 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,812 8 2 2845.0
2007 Q3 3,220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,289 7 1 2128.3
2007 Q1 2,125 2 0 941.2
2006 Q4 3,016 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,214 5 1 1555.7
2006 Q2 2,606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,683 5 1 1863.6
2005 Q4 3,035 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,248 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,256 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,228 16 2 7181.3
2004 Q4 2,698 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,967 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,518 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,304 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,014 1 0 331.8
2003 Q2 3,241 5 0 1542.7
2003 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,979 1 1 335.7
2002 Q3 3,886 12 3 3088.0
2002 Q1 2,114 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

September 2, 2005 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cinderlite Trucking Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR PUSHING DIRT GOT TO CLOSE TO EDGE. EDGE GAVE WAY, DOZER SLIDE DOWN THEN ROLLED ON SIDE. OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO URGENT CARE WHERE HE HAD STICHES IN A CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD. RTW ON TUESDAY, ASK TO TAKE DAY OFF TO REMOVE STITCHES

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