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Churchrock Operations: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Unc Mining & Milling · Facility
Controlled by Unc Resources Inc
Mckinley County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901678

MSHA record for Churchrock Operations (mine ID 2901678). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Unc Mining & Milling 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Churchrock Operations sits in McKinley County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
McKinley County, New Mexico · Population 71,172
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$44,496
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

August 16, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Unc Mining & Milling · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A PIECE OF LUMBER ON TABLE TO FEED INTO A PLANER. WHEN HIS HAND GOT CLOSE TO THE BLADES, HIS GOLVE WAS CAUGHT AND HIS LITTLE FINGER PULLED INTO THE PLANER. DAMAGE WAS LACE RATION AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF THE FIRST JOINT OF THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

February 8, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unc Mining & Milling · Fall down stairs

WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS AT THE SCALE HOUSE WITH FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND. REACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS THERE WAS ICE UNDER THE SNOW. THE PERSON SLIPPED AND FELL WITH HIS LEG EXTENDED BACK WARD.

1989 · 5 incidents

August 24, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by falling object

CUTTING TORCH CUTTING BOLT HOLDING CHANNEL TO SALVAGE. PIECE FELL KNOCKING MAN TO GROUND THEN PIECE FELL ON TOP OF ARM AND LEG PUNCURING LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

June 19, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER OPERATOR DID NOT LEAVE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL DURING COOL DOWN PERIOD. SCRAPER MOVED FORWARD AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED DRAGGING BOWL IN THE GROUND UNTIL IT STRUCK DOZER IN THE SAME SERV ICE LIMIT WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON DOZER. MECHANIC INJURED RIGHT FLANK.

April 21, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
Unc Mining & Milling · Contact with electrical current

A DRILL RIG WAS CLEANING A WELL CASING. BLOCKING ON THE RIG SLIPPED DUE TO WET GROUND CAUSING THE RIG TO SLIDE NEAR A SWITCH RACK. THE SWITCH RACK BEING IN THE WAY FOR RE-SETTING THE RIG WAS T HEN MOVED BY HAND. WHILE MOVING THE RACK BY HAND, AN ENERGIZED MAIN FEEDER LINE WAS PULLED LOOSE AND ENERGIZED THE ENTIRE RACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE RACK AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRI

January 17, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A SLIDING DOOR WHICH WAS HAMPERED BY SNOW. EXTRA FORCE WAS NEEDED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND AS THE DOOR FINALLY CLOSED, EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRA ME OF THE BUILDING.

January 11, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS PICKUP PARKED AGAINST A GATE SO AS TO BLOW A WATER WELL THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF THE BACK OF THE PICKUP AND SNAGED HIS RT AHND ON A LOOSE WIRE ON THE GATE THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES AND THE GLOVE IN SNAGGING THE WIRE PULLED THE WIRE INTO HIS HAND

1987 · 1 incident

June 23, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OTHER PERSO3 HELPING WITH LOADING WASNT PAYING ATTENTION.

1985 · 1 incident

October 21, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unc Mining & Milling · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THERE EMPLOYEE 3NVOLVED THEY WERE HAULING A BLUE PRINTING MACHINE DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS WHEN EMPLOYEE MISSED A STEP WHICH PULLED HIS BACK.

1983 · 1 incident

February 7, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unc Mining & Milling · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS DRAGGING HOSE OUT TO CONNECTION TANK HE TRIPPED ON ANOTHER HOSE AND FELL AGAINST VALVE