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Baca Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chavez Ed G
Bernalillo County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901916

MSHA record for Baca Pit (mine ID 2901916). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
May 1986
Ownership history
  1. Aggregate Specialists Of New Mexico 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Baca Pit sits in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico · Population 674,357
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,514
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

May 4, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Specialists Of New Mexico · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER CLIMBED 2VERR TWO CONVEYOR SYSTEMS TO PATCH HOLE IN GRAVEL CHUTE BOTH CONVEYORS IN OPERATION WORKER IN UNAUTHORIZED AREA WORKER BALANCED STRADDLING CONVEYOR WIRE MESH SIDE GUARDS IN PLA CE WORKER FELL 8LIPPED LEFT LEG PINNED BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY AND BEARING SHAFT