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Cimarron: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Colfax County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901983

Cimarron has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Herzog Contracting Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Cimarron sits in Colfax 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.
Colfax County, New Mexico · Population 12,336
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,690
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 19, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE APPARENTLY FELL ONTO A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT THAT RAN IMMEDIATELY UNDER AN EL JAY ROLLERCONE WHILE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING A PROBLEM WITH SAID ROLLERCONE. HIS INJURIES APPARENTLY RESULTED WHEN HE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT & FRAME OF THE ROLLERCONE.