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EL CAJETE MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Copar Pumice Co., Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Kelly Armstrong

Los Alamos, Sandoval County, NM · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2901558

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2003
Latest incident: Sep 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$8,173

proposed penalties

$8,173

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
2008 Q3	0	0	0
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	1,179	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	2,197	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	2,840	2	0	704.2
2007 Q1	2,289	3	0	1310.6
2006 Q4	1,704	2	1	1173.7

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 8, 2003 NM · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE

Copar Pumice Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

LOADER OPERATOR NOTED FLAMES FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF LOADER, HE & CO-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES WITH UP TO 6 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED & LOADER ENGINE COMPAR TMENT & CAB BURNED. DURATION OF THE FIRE WAS LESS THAN 20 MINUTES.