Mining Incidents

Crusher 10Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Rock I. Southway
Los Lunas, Valencia County, NM · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902323
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2014–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 3 incidents

Contact with heat

Miner was getting a drink of water, felt dizzy and fainted, hitting head on a metal plate on the way down.

Fall onto or against objects

Cone crusher got plugged up with rocks, employee was getting rocks out of cone crusher, footing slipped and fell over ring of cone, ended up going to Urgent Care.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Closing lid glove got caught pull hand down between frame and lid. Middle finger fracture and laceration. Left hand

2017 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a piece of equipment when a breaker was tripped by another employee flipped the breaker while the employee's hand was in the area of work(belt)and it cut the pad of the employee's right middle finger tip. Employees were not following Lock Out/Tag Out procedures.

2015 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

CAT 365-BL SERIAL NO. 9TZ00377 CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNED ELECTRICAL WIRING. ALSO BURNED HYD HOSES.

2014 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

COLLAPSE OF HIGHWALL DUMP POCKET OR BACKING OVER BERM.