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Aguilar Pit: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eddy Diane
Socorro County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901987

MSHA record for Aguilar Pit (mine ID 2901987). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
Ownership history
  1. K2b Constructors Inc 1985 to 1987
  2. Silver State Construction Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Aguilar Pit sits in Socorro County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Socorro County, New Mexico · Population 16,308
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$47,556
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 4 incidents

September 19, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K2b Constructors Inc · Fall from machine

DUE TO WET CONDITION,I NAME SLIPPED ON LOADER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

August 19, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
K2b Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS ASSISTING A MECHANIC WORKING ON A 355 DOZER REPLACING PINS AND BUSHING SLIP AND FELL WRENCH HIT HIM ON RIGHT FORE HEAD. I.NAME REQUIRED 4 STICHES. DR. ASID TO TAKE ONE DAY OFF.

June 19, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
K2b Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

BROKEN LEFT ARM DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER CUTS AND BRUISES - PLEASE SEE ATTACHED INVESTIGATION REPORT

April 18, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
K2b Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS OPERATING AIR TRACK DRILL WHEN THE HAMMER TRAVEL CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE RT HAND DISLOCATING RT THUMB