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Empire Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Empire Mining Co., LLC · Surface

Controlled by Gatehouse Partners LLC

Empire, Pershing County, NV · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2600095

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2007–2017
Latest incident: Oct 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

197

citations

significant & substantial

$120,076

proposed penalties

$92,453

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
2025 Q4	39,413	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	7,500	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	31,069	2	0	64.4
2025 Q1	24,331	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	39,824	13	3	326.4
2024 Q2	1,040	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	15,236	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	20,465	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

October 3, 2017 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER

Empire Mining Co., LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

At 9:52 am I received a call from my maintenance supervisor that the maintenance supervisor had found one of our customer OTR driver not breathing and possibly deceased. I went to the location pulled driver out of truck and placed on the ground and began CPR until paramedics arrived.

January 18, 2017 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Empire Mining Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing by hydraulic support leg of 6' X 24' High Frequency Screen Plant that was being loaded for transport. Once the support pin hole was lined up, the employee attempted to put the pin in the hole. The employee slipped on icy ground (dirt/gravel) and got finger caught between the pin and the support foot pad as the hydraulic leg was raising.

2007 · 1 incident

June 28, 2007 NV · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

United States Gypsum Company · Struck by falling object

Foreman was assisting a Mechanic with the removal of a transmission skid plate/Belly Pan from a Bulldozer. The Pan was rigged to prevent movement; as the last bolt was removed the Pan dropped and pinned the foreman?s right hand between the bulldozer?s track housing and the belly pan. He sustained 2 lacerations at the right wrist area which required sutures to close.