Mining Incidents

Cyprus Beryllium Corporation: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Underground
Hudspeth County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103454

MSHA record for Cyprus Beryllium Corporation (mine ID 4103454). 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
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Cyprus Beryllium Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cyprus Beryllium Corporation sits in Hudspeth County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hudspeth County, Texas · Population 3,331
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,336
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

1987 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING DRILL H5MMER OUT OF DRILL HOLE WITH SLOW ROTATION. PULLING ROCK DEBRIS OUT OF HOLE. WHEN HE REACHED DOWN TO REMOVE ROCK DEBRIS FROM AROUND HAMMER, FINGER TIP WAS PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK A ND SIDE OF DRIL5 HOLE IN WALL. TIP OF FINGER SOFT TISSUE WAS PINCHED OFF. NO BONE CONTACT MADE.

April 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Cyprus Beryllium Corp · Struck against a moving object

MOVING DRILL TO3ANOTHER LOCATION DRILL WAS GOING HOWN A GRADE AND DRILL JACK KNIFED