Mining Incidents

Ortiz Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901314

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

29 on file

1986 · 10 incidents

November 4, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Gold Fields Operating Company · Contact with electrical current

#4 CONVEYOR BEL7 HAD STOPPED INJURED HAD RESET IT & IT STILL WOULDNT START HE WAS CHECKING FOR LOOSE WIRES & HIS SCREWDRIVER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER

October 22, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS REPA3RING FENDER ON TRUCK WHEN SMALL PIECE OF FIBERGLASS GOT INTO HIS EYE CAUSING SMALL CUT ALONG SURFACE OF EYE.

September 29, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HYDRAULIC HOSE 6RAKE I NAME WAS GOING TO TURN PUMP OFF AND SLIPPED ON THE HYDRAULIC OIL

September 26, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD A 1UMP BASE DROP ON HIS FOOT. SHOULD NT HAVE HAD IT UNDER A LIFTED OBJECT.

July 14, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS TRYING 7O GET A LOADER BUCKET TOOTH OFF A CONVEYOR. THE TOOTH WAS UNDER THE ELECTRIC MAGNET. EMP FAILED TO TURN-OFF THE MAGNET. WHEN HE LIFTED THE TOOTH, THE MAGNET PULLED IT UP BEFORE HE COULD LET GO3OF IT. MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TOOTH AND MAGNET

June 30, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A 2AMMER & BRASS DRIFT TO INSTALL A BEARING ON A GEAR BOX. A CHIP OF BRASS WENT INTO HIS EYE. IT MAY HACE BEEN RUBBED IN WHEN HE RUBBED HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W ITH SIDESHIELDS1

June 6, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN A PERMENENT METAL LADDER AND SLIPPED OF FOUR RUNGS FROM THE BOTOM HE HIT ON HIS SHOULDER

May 22, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PREPARING3A WET SAMPLE SHE WAS REMOVING A CAP FROM A GLASS FLASK THE NECK BROKE AND CUT HER FINGER

February 27, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS CUTTING3A PIECE OF 1" STEEL PLATE. TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING ON HIS FOOT, HE REACHED TO HOLD IT UP. FELT PAIN IN BACK, STARTED LOOSING TIME ON 3-3-86

1985 · 6 incidents

December 12, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 AND FELL ON ICE PAIN DEVELOPED LATER AND FINALLY GOT TO A POINT WHERE SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 12-16-85 REPORT WAS DELAYED SO INFORMATION COULD BE OBTAINED TO DO REPORT

November 27, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KELLY ON DRILL3WAS STUCK AND I NAME AND I NAME WERE USING PIPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN IT WHEN WTRECCH SLIPPED OFF HITTING I NAME ON RIGHT ELBOW AND RIB CASGE STITCHES TO RIGHT ELBOW AREA AND BRUI RIBS 3

1984 · 4 incidents

December 10, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Operating Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

FELT PAIN IN BACK WHEN SHE LIFTED BUCKET OF SAMPLES.HURT HER BACK IN NON-WORK RELATED INSTANCE ON 8-9-84.PROBABLY A RECURRENCE.

October 10, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HIT LEG WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WITH A LIGHT BLOW. INJURY WAS SO SLIGHT THATH IT DID NOT EVEN WARRENT FIRST AID TREATMENT. SEVERAL DAYS LATER CELLULITIS DEVELOPED AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD TO MIS WORK. STARTED MISSING TIME ON 10/18/84.

July 31, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by flying object

PARTICLES WERE BLOWN INTO EYE. A SMALL METAL PARTICLE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM RIGHT EYE.

March 21, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS POKING PLUGGED FEEDER WITH RID. HIS %*%*% HIT HIS FINGER AGAINST BRACE.

1983 · 9 incidents

October 5, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHARLES MILWARD WAS WALKING BACK TO THE DRILL WHICH HE WAS GOING TO WORK ON. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL, HITTING HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A PIECE OF PIPE WHICH HE WAS CARRYING.

September 6, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHEN BARY ALLISON WASATTEMPTING TO BREAK STEEL ON DRILL THE STEEL STARTED TO ROTATE CAUSING PIPE WRENCH TO SMASH HIS HAND BETWEN WRENCH AND BOOM OF DRILL

June 10, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A MAJOR SPILL HAD OCCURRED THE DAY BEFORE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS INCLINED TUNNEL IN WHICH THERE IS A CONVEYOR BELT THE BELT HAD BEEN CLEARED AND WAS RUNNING THE EMPLOYEE PUT HERSELF IN AN AWKWA RD POSITION BY LEANING OVER THE BELT AND UNDER A FEEDER TO DISLODGE A ROCK WHICH HAD STUCK IN THE BOTTOM FRAMEWORK UNDER THE FEEDER SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND HER HAND WENT IN BETWEEN THE BELT

June 4, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Gold Fields Operating Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING OVERHEAD AND A PIECE OF IRONG CHIP FELL IN BEHING HIS SSAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

April 11, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAD THUMB IN DOOR OF TRUCK AND WIND BLEW DOOR SHUT ON THUMB-BROKEN ON RIGHT HAND.

March 15, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Gold Fields Operating Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

BACK STRAIN HE SAID THAT IT WAS NOT DO TO LIFTING OR A FALL I GAYLE HAMPTON DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL 730 THE NIGHT OF 16TH HE DIDNT CALL IN THE MORING OF 16TH TO SAY WHY HE DIDNOT SHOWN U P FOR WORK

January 5, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Fields Operating Company · Fall from machine

FALL FROM BUMPER OF END DUMP ABOUT 4\ DAVID WINBEELY SAID THAT HIS BACK & LEFT ARM STARTED HURT AFTER THE FALL.