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Cyprus Beryllium Corporation Metal/Non-Metal

Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Underground

Controlled by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company

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