Mining Incidents

Cyprus Beryllium Corporation Metal/Non-Metal

Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Underground
Hudspeth County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103454

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING DRILL H5MMER OUT OF DRILL HOLE WITH SLOW ROTATION. PULLING ROCK DEBRIS OUT OF HOLE. WHEN HE REACHED DOWN TO REMOVE ROCK DEBRIS FROM AROUND HAMMER, FINGER TIP WAS PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK A ND SIDE OF DRIL5 HOLE IN WALL. TIP OF FINGER SOFT TISSUE WAS PINCHED OFF. NO BONE CONTACT MADE.

April 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Struck against a moving object

MOVING DRILL TO3ANOTHER LOCATION DRILL WAS GOING HOWN A GRADE AND DRILL JACK KNIFED