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Copar Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard P Cook
Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900185

MSHA record for Copar Pit (mine ID 2900185). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Copar Pumice Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Copar Pit sits in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico · Population 155,175
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,689
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

October 5, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Copar Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP STEPED UP ON LOADER LADDER TO TALK TO LOADER OPER. WHILE LOADER WAS STOPPED OPER. WAS RAISING BUCKET TO MAX HT. INJ GRABBED FRONT OF CAB WITH L. HAND AND HAND HOLD ON R. SIDE WITH R. HAND WHEN BUCKET APPROACHED MAX HT. ANCHOR END OF BUCKET ARM APPROACHED CAB THIS PINCHED HIS L. HAND BETWEEN CA B AND LOADER ARM

1987 · 1 incident

August 19, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Copar Pumice Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ALLEGE8 WHEN HE STEPPED FROM DOZER TRACK TO ARM WHICH HOLDS THE BLADE HE PULLED SOMETHING WHEN HE STRETCHED HIS LEG OUT. I DONT NOT THINK THIS EVENT CAUSED THE LOST TIME.