Mining Incidents

Big Blossom Metal/Non-Metal

Payday Mines, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Wesley D Harden
Beatty, Esmeralda County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602732

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
8
citations
3
significant & substantial
$53,869
proposed penalties
$2,300
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
2013 Q1 80 8 3 100000.0
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

2013 · 2 incidents

February 28, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sub contractors were on their 1st blast and the round prematurely ignited causing two miners to receive serious injuries .

February 28, 2013 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sub contractors were attempting their first blast and the explosives prematurely ignited. Causing severe injuries to two workers