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River Canyon III Metal/Non-Metal

Joy Engineering · Surface

Controlled by Rick Joy

McCarran, Storey County, NV · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2602617

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2022–2024
Latest incident: Aug 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$7,670

proposed penalties

$4,708

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	8,232	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	10,424	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	9,693	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	8,474	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	7,096	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	11,405	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	9,161	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	7,997	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

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 1, 2024 NV · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor MACHINERY

Joy Engineering · Struck by falling object

The employee was picking up trash/aerosol can near the generator, leaned against the generator placed right hand near the hinge part of the door, generator turned on smashing right hand ring finger and middle finger between the door and the generator. Amputating the tip of right finger, breaking the middle finger, and smashing index finger.

2022 · 1 incident

May 2, 2022 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Joy Engineering · Fall from machine

Driver was exiting the driver door and was not facing the truck they missed the steps and fell on the ground they were exiting the wrong way. Driver was scaling out on the scale house.