Mining Incidents

Bearup Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Rico Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Graves David R
Catron County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900341

MSHA record for Bearup Mine (mine ID 2900341). 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
1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. U S Spirit Corp 1950 to 1991
  2. Rico Mining Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bearup Mine sits in Catron County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Catron County, New Mexico · Population 3,685
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,439
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

1991 · 1 incident

August 4, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Rico Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS HAULING PKYWOOD AIR DOOR ON MUCK CAR PLYWOOD HIT TIMBER SET & WAS PUSHED BACK STRIKING HIM IN THROAT WORKER HAD THROAT LACERATION & CRACKED SHOUDLER BLADE.