Mining Incidents

PORTABLE #1Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Joel M Perovich
Raton, Colfax County, NM · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2900495
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2010
Latest incident
Mar 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting metal strap with chopsaw, strap slipped, sawblade cut R Thumb.28

2009 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Bulldozer removing snow on slight sidehill, lost traction on ice sliding 40' sideways, through berm. Falling 14' into pit, bulldozer landed on its side. Machine minimal damage, one broken window. Operator minimal bruising, contusions was wearing seatbelt. Operator sent to local emergency room to be checked. Prescribed Lortab as necessary.

2004 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ee was unfamiliar with this maintenance procedure, minimal damage, no impairment.

2002 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SHOVELING SAND, COMPLAINED OF DISCOMFORT BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES, MUSCLE STRAIN.