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273,095
Of which fatal
1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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September 19, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was loading a job box in the back of a service truck, job box slipped off forklift smashing left thumb.

August 1, 2025 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was helping to get a blade unstuck and when it slid in mud and jarred their back.

April 20, 2024 NV · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A safe rescue line attached to the back of an employee standing on the ground got entangled on a handrail of a Bulk truck while pulling through an ammonium nitrate silo. With the line being tangled, it got tight and jerked the employee off their feet and into the ground causing injuries to left shoulder and right bicep.

December 2, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a boom crane out of mine traveling on the 8060 area of mine when they lost traction and the crane began to slide/roll back down the hill until it ran into the left-hand berm/hillside and tipped onto it right side. The employee was wearing a seatbelt but sustained a concussion, compression fracture in lower back, and multiple contusions.

December 7, 2021 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck against a moving object

A haul truck operator was traveling at an excessive speed down a ramp when the haul truck encountered a containment channel. The truck hit the channel and bounced the operator in their seat, which caused a lumbar fracture in the lower back.

March 20, 2021 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a scraper on the west Vantage dump when the vehicle struck a pothole or rut, jarred the operator's lower back. There was no equipment damage and the back sprain was minor but requiring an unspecified amount of restricted duty days.

August 31, 2020 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Driving haul truck and hit some washboard. Steering wheel jerked injuring left wrist.

August 18, 2016 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Driver inattention caused Haul Truck to strike berm. In the process operator struck head against inside right window. Sustained cut on head requiring stitches.

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