Mining Incidents

UNIT 1306 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Travis Cline; Bryce Kidd
Ft. Sumner, De Baca County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2901543

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
67
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,999
proposed penalties
$6,999
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 399 1 0 2506.3
2025 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,052 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 928 2 0 2155.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 15, 2007 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was trying to loosen & change a loader tooth with a sledge hammer when a piece of metal came loose & struck his abdomen.

2002 · 5 incidents

September 24, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CHANGING A LINER WHEN THE CHISEL HE WAS USING SLIPPED. HE JERKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OBJECT BEHIND HIM.

August 13, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT LAGGING WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING THE KNIFE TO CUT HIS FOREARM.

July 1, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

AS EE WAS CLIMBING OFF HIS LOADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEPS, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, HITTING THE GROUND.

June 7, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A TIRE ON A LOADER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

March 7, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED AFTER USING THE CONTROLS TO A LOADER CONTINUOUSLY, HIS WRIST BEGAN TO HURT.

2001 · 3 incidents

December 7, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner STRIKING OR BUMPING
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS STEPPING OFF A LOADER WHEN HE BUMPED INTOTHE OUTRIGGER OF A CRANE PARKED NEARBY.

September 27, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING UNDER A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS KNEE POPPED.

July 17, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND A CONVEYOR WHEN A BELT SLIPPED, STRIKING HIM IN THE GROIN AREA.

2000 · 1 incident

August 17, 2000 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO STRAIGHTEN A WALL OF THE PRIMARY WHEN A CHAIN BEING USED SNAPPED, STRIKING HIS LEG.