Mining Incidents

Black Spring Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Menefee Mining Corp · Surface
Cuba, Sandoval County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902107

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
Mar 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
223
citations
58
significant & substantial
$58,730
proposed penalties
$53,961
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 5,068 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,110 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,925 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,221 3 0 574.6
2024 Q4 4,649 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,788 5 1 863.9
2024 Q2 6,190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,951 12 1 2016.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2020 · 1 incident

March 21, 2020 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE while working with Task Trainer stated EE saw trainer walk to the panel and assumed trainer had shut down the dryer. EE then reached in to adjust bolts on the rotary valve and 2 of EE's finger tips were sliced.

2019 · 1 incident

September 13, 2019 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

Forklift operator was loading a van. Loader's co-worker was supervising the load & truck driver was inside cab. Operator was loading the last pallet when the driver attempted to pull forward causing forklift with operator to wedge between dock & van. Operator was wearing PPE & the van was chalked.

2015 · 1 incident

August 18, 2015 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a razor blade to cut crown bar rubber during the installation of a new bagging system. Razor blade slipped and cut his right leg (about an inch wide and inch deep).

2014 · 1 incident

April 15, 2014 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Menefee Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee tried to grease a bearing while the machine was still running. He has been trained on how to operate this piece of equipment and knew that it was NECESSARY to turn the machine OFF BEFORE any maintenance was to be done. As a result, he slipped and broke his finger.

2010 · 1 incident

April 7, 2010 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

While working on a maintenance project, EE was drilling a small pilot hole to attach a cover to the oversize conveyor on the Red Screening Plant when a piece of metal became airborne and struck EE in the right eye. PPE was and is provided and readily available but EE was not utilizing it at the time.

2001 · 1 incident

August 31, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Menefee Mining Corp · Fall from ladders

EE WAS WORKING IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE PROCESSING PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFFA LADDER. ALTHOUGH "SPOTTERS" OR LADDER HOLDERS ARE AVAILABLE, HE OPTED NOT TO TELL ANYONE HE WA S GOING UP THE LADDER. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD A "BRUISED BUTTOCK" AND WOULD BE O.K. AFTER A SHORT TIME.