# Pete Bajo

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602689
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Eureka, NV
- **Operator:** Nevada Gold Mines LLC
- **Controller:** Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 4,484
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited (0149763) → Nevada Gold Mines LLC (0165474) → Pete Bajo (2602689)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Ronald W  Guill → Small Mine Development LLC:** 2010-11-22 through 2011-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith  Jones → Small Mine Development LLC:** 2011-01-28 through 2011-06-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Newmont Corporation → Newmont USA Limited:** 2011-06-06 through 2019-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Newmont USA Limited et al → Nevada Gold Mines LLC:** 2019-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Barrick Nevada Holding LLC et al → Nevada Gold Mines LLC:** 2019-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602689; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 19 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 54 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 859 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 312 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 464 violation rows across the full record; 43 carry an S&S flag and $251,822 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 74 samples:** Occupational health samples 68 personal; 6 area. 8 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 115K employee hours and 227 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 50 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 17 contested-violation rows, 17 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 13 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 50 since 2021:** Inspections 106 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 57.6160 — Main facilities.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6160
- **30 CFR 57.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6102
- **30 CFR 57.3360 — Ground support use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3360
- **30 CFR 57.15001 — First aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15001
- **30 CFR 57.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18002
- **30 CFR 57.6201 — Separation of transported explosive material.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6201
- **30 CFR 57.6202 — Vehicles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6202

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 54 rows; 2010-12-17 through 2026-08-24; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2011-08-17 through 2011-08-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 6 rows; 2022-07-18 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 455 rows; 2010-12-16 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 17 rows; 2013-02-05 through 2025-07-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2015-02-11 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 17 rows; 2012-05-08 through 2024-10-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,411 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 625 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 2010-11-22 through 2019-07-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 106 rows; 2010-12-15 through 2026-10-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 189 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 49 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 68 rows; 2014-03-26 through 2026-04-14; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 464 rows; 2010-12-16 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/pete-bajo-2602689`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pete-bajo-2602689`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602689/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602689/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602689/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`