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Burnham Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Farmington, San Juan County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901711

MSHA record for Burnham Mine (mine ID 2901711). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Ownership history
  1. Consolidation Coal Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Burnham Mine sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
San Juan County, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

February 24, 1993 NM · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STORING 24 VOLT BATTERY IN WATER PUMP HOUSE. AS HE CARRYED BATTERY OVER 2 INCH WATER PIPE HE STRAINED LOWER BACK.

1984 · 1 incident

January 27, 1984 NM · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP SAW A BOLT BENEATH THE FAN GUARD AND TRIED TO GET IT OUT WHEN HE DID SO HE GOT IN CONTACT WITH THE RADISTOR FAN WHILE IT WAS RUNNING THEREFORE CAUSING A MINOR LACERATION ON RT THUMB

1983 · 1 incident

November 2, 1983 NM · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR TO ANFO TRAILER WHICH HAD A DOUBLE LATCH ON IT THE INSIDE LEVER WAS OPEN CAUSING SOME PRESSURE ON THE OUTSIDE LATCHES WHEN THE LEVER WAS BEING OPEN IT SPRUNG HITTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER LIP