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Discovery Day Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Gold Run Enterprises LLC · Underground
Forks of Salmon, Siskiyou County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405222

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2005–2010
Latest incident
May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
319
citations
115
significant & substantial
$237,855
proposed penalties
$31,400
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 4 0
2012 Q1 499 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 28, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Gold Run Enterprises LLC · Struck by flying object

2 miners lit their fuse for a face round and then re-entered blast area prior to the mandated 1 hour wait period. When they were within 25 feet of the face, a misfire detonated. This was against company policy and recent training. 1 miner was killed by the blast and the other injured.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2010 · 1 incident

May 28, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Gold Run Enterprises LLC · Struck by flying object

2 miners lit their fuse for a face round and then re-entered blast area prior to the mandated 1 hour wait period. When they were within 25 feet of the face, a misfire detonated. This was against company policy and recent training. 1 miner was killed by the blast and the other injured.

2007 · 2 incidents

April 8, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Merendon Mining (California) Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Individual punctured thumb with nail gun while working on a construction project.

2005 · 1 incident

March 4, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Discovery Day LLC · Fall from machine

WORKER FELL FROM BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK WHILE UNLOADING HAY BALES. HE LANDED HARD ON DIRT ROAD AND INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. WORKER DECIDED TO WAIT TO SEE HOW BAD THIS INJURY WAS BEFORE SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION.