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Chaparral Pit #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Dona Ana County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901745

Chaparral Pit #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Ownership history
  1. Chaparral Sand & Gravel 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 7
1994 11
1993 7
1992 6
1991 9
1990 6
1989 5
1988 6
1987 7
1986 7
1985 6
1984 8
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Chaparral Pit #1 sits in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Doña Ana County, New Mexico · Population 221,665
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$55,663
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

1993 · 1 incident

January 7, 1993 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chaparral Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS REMOVING BOLT ON LOADER BLADE WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE BRUISED HIS HAND. THIS OCCURRED IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NEXT DAY HE REPORTED HIS HAND WAS STILL HURTING. HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR IN EL PASO, TX. TO CHECK IT OUT. THE DOCTOR ARRANGED FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY AND TO RETURN TO WORK FOR LIGHT DUTY.