Mining Incidents

Moapa Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Cemex · Surface
Controlled by Cemex S A
moapa, Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602283

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
98
citations
15
significant & substantial
$22,473
proposed penalties
$19,755
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
2008 Q2 6,066 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,609 11 0 1277.7
2007 Q3 507 5 1 9861.9
2007 Q2 11,233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,324 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 13,866 3 0 216.4
2006 Q1 519 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,597 6 3 625.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

September 22, 2005 NV · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex · Fall from machine

Employee was on the radio stacker belt when the plant was turned on. He was shaken off and fell from the stacker belt. Employee sustained a broken femur.

August 13, 2005 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex · Struck by falling object

Employee was opening the crusher door. The door fell and he tried to catch it. In doing so he suffered a laceration on his left middle finger requiring 21 stitiches and a broken finger tip.

2002 · 2 incidents

June 25, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Infiniton LLC · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE BELT. HE TRIED TO SPIN THE PULLY TO INSTALL THE BELT & HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & THE PULLEY.

May 16, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Infiniton LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE GOT OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK AND TRIED TO ADJUST THE SIDE SPRAYER ON THE TRUCK WHEN HE PULLED UP ON THE SPRAYER HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ARM.

2001 · 2 incidents

September 6, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Barr Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GRINDING ON METAL FOR TAIL PULLEY SOMEHOW A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP AND GOT IN MY EYE. STILL UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE. EYE STILL HAZEY, NOT ABLE TO SEE OUT OF LEFT EYE YET.

June 7, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
Barr Products · Accident type, without injuries

FLASH FLOOD THAT BROKE THROUGH DITCH WHICH CAUSED FLOODING OF PIT AREA, WHICH BURRIED 2 WATER PUMPS AND 1 GENERATOR.