Accident type, without injuries
Employee locked out electrical pump panel to do maintenance on machine. When employee returned to unlock and turn on pump panel, the panel exploded. Employee was exposed to minor flash from the electrical current.
New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLCMetal/Nonmetal
New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC · Surface
Controlled by Chase Clark Wilson
Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2901785
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2015–2022
- Latest incident
- Dec 2022
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2022 · 3 incidents
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee put fingers on back of belt to hot air sealer to check the temperature and the belt caught the right index finger.
Struck against stationary object
Employee was cleaning a dust trap at the big dryer and as employee pulled the tray out, the metal cut left index finger.