Mining Incidents

Lone Mountain Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Clark, Clark County, NV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2602142

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
692
citations
167
significant & substantial
$820,742
proposed penalties
$656,361
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 19,449 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18,606 11 0 591.2
2025 Q2 433 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 15,870 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 20,315 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 24,586 46 9 1871.0
2023 Q2 20,053 8 1 398.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

May 12, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Haul truck driver closed the truck door on their own finger.

February 22, 2023 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck against a moving object

100 ton haul truck was preparing to dump when the ground gave way causing the truck to flip over backwards.

2020 · 2 incidents

July 7, 2020 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck against a moving object

While driving the front end loader toward a stock pile of material the left front tire ran over a large rock jolting the operator in the cab.

January 22, 2020 NV · Metal/Non-Metal trespasser OTHER
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Unclassified, insufficient data

Just as the sun came up truck driver noticed a motionless body lying on the ground at the base of the reclaim pit north high wall. Driver called another employee and they inspected the deceased body, determined the person was not an employee. 2nd employee drove out of the pit to a location where they could get a signal and called me. I immediately called 911 and the MSHA hotline.

2016 · 2 incidents

September 30, 2016 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While using a com-a-long to lift a screen deck the handle broke on the com-a-long causing the employee to fall backwards and in doing so EE's left are flailed to catch self and EE hit EE's arm/wrist on the cat walk railing displacing the distal radius.

June 2, 2016 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was using a hand grinder with right hand to smooth out an area on a piece of metal when the grinder at some point grabbed the metal and jumped to the left nicking the middle finger of the left hand of the miner which was bracing the metal.

2015 · 1 incident

December 9, 2015 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pounding on a ripper tooth with a hammer trying to dislodge it from the ripper on a D11 dozer when a small piece of metal broke off the tooth and hit the employee in the lower leg. Mechanic was driven to the emergency room where it was determined to leave the metal in the leg and apply 2 stitches. The mechanic returned to full duty the next day.

2011 · 1 incident

October 20, 2011 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner was checking a head pulley bearing on a stacker belt against his outlined duties and without prior instruction when he got his had caught between the pulley and the wiper causing a severe crushing injury to his right hand.

2003 · 2 incidents

November 3, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING 1" PLATE DEBRIS CAME UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES, EMBEDDING IN RIGHT EYE.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE WALKING DOWN STAIR AT THE WASHPLANT. EE RET'D TO WORK BUT AFTER 2 DAYS, SHE STILL FELT PAIN IN ANKLE. SHE RET'D TO DR 7/20/01 ON 7/20/01 DR ADVISED EE SHE COULD RETURN TO WORK AS LONG AS SHE LIMITED HER WALKING

July 5, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by flying object

EE HAD SMALL ROCKS AND DUST BLOWN INTO HIS EYES WHILE EXITING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.