Mining Incidents

Collier Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Collier Construction Company · Surface
Controlled by Collier Joe F
Lea County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901755

MSHA record for Collier Pit (mine ID 2901755). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Collier Construction Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Collier Pit sits in Lea County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 16.0% 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.
Lea County, New Mexico · Population 73,154
16.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,750
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.