Mining Incidents

Mississippi Potash Incorporated Metal/Non-Metal

Lea County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901147

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

August 3, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
Mississippi Potash Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE #2 HOIST MOTOR(DC) POWERED,BURNED THE CURRENT CARRYING STRAPS INTO IN THE MOTOR AND DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TO PULL THE LOAD ON THE CAGE FRAME.THE FOUR(PERSONS) WORKING BELOW CLIMBED OUT AN D ON THE MOTOR WAS REPAIRED.ON 08-07-90 THE LOAD WAS PULLED AT 1230 HRS AND ON 08-08-90 1130 HRS THE ROPES WHERE CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE OK.

1983 · 2 incidents

February 3, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Kerr-Mc Gee Chemical Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UTAH COOPER AND BOB CRABB WERE WORKING ON #3 COMPACTOR REMOVING THE ROLLS. C.M. COOK AND JIM WEBB WERE SETTING MOTORS ON TOP OF #3 GEAR BOX. THEY WERE USING A TWO-WAY SLING AND HAD TWO MOTORS ON IT. BOB WENT UP TO HELP JIM GUIDE THEM DOWN. AFTER THE MOTORS WERE SET DOWN AND UNHOOKED, COOK SAID HE THOUGHT HE SAW WEBB GIVE HIM A HAND SIGNAL TO RETRACT THE BOOM. HE SAID HIS HAND SLIP

January 26, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kerr-Mc Gee Chemical Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INSTALLING SOUTH ROLL ON #4 COMPACTOR. HE WAS QUIDING BEARING BLOCK INTO