Mining Incidents

Barrick Cortez Inc. operator

Controlled by Barrick Gold Corp
MSHA operator ID: 0120768
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
166
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2012–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
482
citations
68
significant & substantial
$324,553
proposed penalties
$290,289
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34,264 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
124
inspections on record
6,518
inspection hours
7.4
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.
482 citations across 6,518 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$325K
proposed penalties
$290K
current assessed
$290K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
471 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2019
10
2018
19
2017
19
2016
15
2015
15 (1f)
2014
26
2013
31
2012
31

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 28, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Barrick Cortez Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Preliminary investigation shows that the employee was fatally injured as the result of a collision with another haul truck. Investigation is ongoing. EE slid backwards and striking the cab of a parked Caterpillar 795 haul truck on the drivers side.

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