Mining Incidents

Cove Underground Project Metal/Non-Metal

AU-REKA GOLD LLC · Underground
Controlled by i-80 Gold Corp
Battle Mountain, Lander County, NV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 2602051

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2022–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
17
citations
0
significant & substantial
$5,426
proposed penalties
$5,426
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 968 2 0 2066.1
2025 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 167 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 756 3 0 3968.3
2024 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,548 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

4 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
AU-REKA GOLD LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was standing next to the Jumbo while the Jumbo operator was rattling the steel to loosen the collar when two small pieces of metal slivers came off and struck EE on the chin and neck.

January 9, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AU-REKA GOLD LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting a fork back down on the forklift. Once employee pushed the fork back down, the fork struck the tip of employee's right foot jamming the toes.

2022 · 2 incidents

September 7, 2022 NV · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
AU-REKA GOLD LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Fall of ground. No injuries were sustained and no personnel were working the area the ground fall occurred at.

May 6, 2022 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
AU-REKA GOLD LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Faulty heater unit caught the underground dry/shower trailers on fire causing them to burn down.