Data / Mines / Nevada / Turquoise Ridge
Turquoise Ridge, Humboldt County, Nevada: 848 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Turquoise Ridge is an active gold ore underground mine in Humboldt County, Nevada, operated by Nevada Gold Mines LLC with 455 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2602286). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 848 citations and orders there with $994,211 in proposed penalties, and 103 accident reports were filed there, with 47 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2602286
- Status
- Active since March 7, 2002
- Main commodity
- Gold ore
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Humboldt County, Nevada
- Nearest town
- Golconda
- Operator
- Nevada Gold Mines LLC
- Employees
- 455
- MSHA field office
- Elko NV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 848
- Significant and substantial
- 81 (9.6%)
- Closure orders
- 19
- High negligence or reckless
- 46
- Proposed penalties
- $994,211
- Amount paid so far
- $790,859
- Inspections
- 100
- Inspector hours on site
- 4,006
- Citations per inspection
- 8.48 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 103
- Injury and illness cases
- 47
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 30, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 87 ($145,049 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 153 | 26 | $284,824 | 7 |
| 2023 | 186 | 22 | $186,294 | 9 |
| 2024 | 214 | 12 | $173,149 | 11 |
| 2025 | 162 | 13 | $166,504 | 5 |
| 2026 | 133 | 8 | $183,440 | 15 |
Standards cited most at Turquoise Ridge
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.3360 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 138 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 69 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 59 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 57 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 36 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 36 |
| 30 CFR 57.4102 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 34 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 33 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 23 |
| 30 CFR 57.9313 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 22 |
| 30 CFR 57.20011 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 57.15001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 16 |
| 30 CFR 57.11051 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 15 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 15 |
Injury and illness cases at Turquoise Ridge
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 27 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 20 |
What the accident reports at Turquoise Ridge describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hoisting | 40 |
| Handling of materials | 16 |
| Slip or fall of person | 16 |
| Fall of roof or back | 13 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 |
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Entrapment | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Turquoise Ridge
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 42 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 3 |
| Trucks | 2 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 2 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 2 |
| Conveyor | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
| Crane | 1 |
Other open mines in Humboldt County, Nevada
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold Mine | Marigold Mining Co | Humboldt County, NV | Gold ore | 304 | 109 |
| Twin Creeks Mine | Nevada Gold Mines LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Gold ore | 450 | 102 |
| Granite Creek Mine | Osgood Mining Company, LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Gold ore | 125 | 26 |
| Twin Underground | Nevada Gold Mines LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Gold ore | 8 | 22 |
| Min-Ad Inc | Min-Ad Inc | Humboldt County, NV | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 11 |
| Lone Tree Mine | Goldcorp Dee LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Gold ore | 52 | 10 |
| Hwy 95 Pit | Nevada Building Supply LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Sand, common | 2 | 10 |
| Portable Crusher #2 (P-450) | Bolinder Resources | Humboldt County, NV | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| Hycroft Mine | Hycroft Resources & Development, LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Gold ore | 440 | 7 |
| Thacker Pass | Lithium Nevada Corp. | Humboldt County, NV | Lithium minerals | 50 | 6 |
| Finlay 696 | Nevada Building Supply LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Sand, common | 3 | 6 |
| Portable 1 | Bolinder Resources | Humboldt County, NV | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Kolberg 1822PH Washplant S/N406286 | H E Hunewill Construction Company Inc | Humboldt County, NV | Sand, common | 1 | 5 |
| Stall Ranch Pit | Nevada Building Supply LLC | Humboldt County, NV | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 4 |
| Terex Cedar Rapids MVP380 | H E Hunewill Construction Company Inc | Humboldt County, NV | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 3 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.