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Dexter Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olan Booher
Dexter, Chaves County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901984

Dexter Pit has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
24
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 24 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Monterey Construction Company 1985 to 1989
  2. Booher Sand & Gravel 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
1999 1
1998 1
1997 1
1996 1
1995 1
1994 2
1993 1
1992 2
1991 2
1990 2
1989 5
1988 11
1987 44
1986 39
1985 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Dexter Pit sits in Chaves County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Chaves County, New Mexico · Population 64,446
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$52,029
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

March 3, 1992 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Booher Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLEANING FEEDER ROLLER CAUGHT SLEEVE OF COVERALL PULLING R T ARM INTO IT & BREAKING RT ARM

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1987 · 2 incidents

January 15, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Monterey Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1OSITIONING DRILL WHEN THE STEEL STARTED DOWN AND WAS GOING TO HIT THE CENTRALIZER.EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP IT OR POSTION IT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE CENT RALIZER. 3