MINE DETAILS
Mesquite
MSHA MINE ID0404614
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Mesquite33.01750, -114.99000Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
874,053reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 128,208 | 0.00 | 288 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 157,203 | 0.00 | 286 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 133,034 | 0.00 | 291 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 155,188 | 0.00 | 290 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 132,618 | 0.00 | 291 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 167,802 | 0.00 | 305 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
50 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
151.001 of 5 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
72.755 inspections · 5 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
50.30(a)
50.30(a)
50.30(a)
50.30(a)
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 24.3 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was holding an 8" HDPE pipe while the other employee was unbolting the steel flange at Pad 6/7 - pipe lay down yard. Once the upper bolts were removed from the HDPE pipe, the spool shifted, and the steel flange swung down, striking the left pinky finger, smashing and lacerating.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 13.0 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Around 1230 am employee said that EE was grabbing the fuel hose at Vista Fuel Island, tripped over the sign, and fell to the ground. While falling to the ground, the employee heard a pop in EE's knee. EE didn't report it right away because EE felt fine. A couple of minutes later, EE felt a sharp pain. The employee was assessed by a MERT member and then taken to the ER.
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 25.5 on-site hours
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 5.5 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While employee was walking to haul truck for start of shift, EE slipped and fell injury EE's knee and ribs.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 4.5 on-site hours
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Equinox Gold CorpcontrolsWestern Mesquite Mines, Inc.operatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
New Gold InccontrolsWestern Mesquite Mines, Inc.operatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
Western Goldfields IncorporatedcontrolsWestern Mesquite Mines, Inc.operatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
Newmont CorporationcontrolsNewmont Mining CorpoperatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
Newmont CorporationcontrolsNewmont Gold CooperatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
Santa Fe Pacific CorpcontrolsSanta Fe Pacific Gold CorpoperatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
Hanson PLCcontrolsGold Fields Operating CompanyoperatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614—
Consolidated Gold Fields LimitedcontrolsGold Fields Operating CompanyoperatesMesquite
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0404614Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
173 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,910 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD19 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
322 violation rows across the full record; 76 carry an S&S flag and $138,502 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY57 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
47 personal. 3 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE47 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
168K employee hours and 305 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
136 contested-violation rows, 136 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE279 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
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.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT15 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
108 inspection events and 4K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE22 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 2 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 50.30Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.4 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14132Horns and backup alarms.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 47.41Requirement for container labels.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.17001Illumination of surface working areas.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12002Controls and switches.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
516607850.30(a)Citation
516607750.30(a)Citation
516607650.30(a)Citation
516607550.30(a)Citation
950969156.14100(b)Citation
989280256.14132(b)(1)(i)S&S
950956147.41(a)Citation
950956056.12004Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgLab Technician
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.17 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgMechanic
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzTruck Driver
C/E: 00.01Concentration: 0000.13 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgLaborer, Bullgang
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Silver dust & soluble compoundsUtility Man
C/E: 00.03Concentration: 0000.31 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgLeaching Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors173Jan 20, 2000—Mar 31, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Dec 1, 1986—Dec 1, 1986mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal315Jul 18, 2000—Sep 3, 2025mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal136Nov 20, 2009—May 1, 2024mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal7Mar 27, 2009—Dec 22, 2020mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal136Feb 26, 2008—Aug 2, 2023mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety3,115Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety641Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance8Oct 1, 1982—Nov 7, 2003mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance315Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance78Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance108Jul 18, 2000—Sep 8, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety47Mar 24, 2009—Sep 3, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal322Jul 18, 2000—Sep 10, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.