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Dugan Pit: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brown Ted F
Otero County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902005

MSHA record for Dugan Pit (mine ID 2902005). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. T Brown Constructors Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dugan Pit sits in Otero County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Otero County, New Mexico · Population 68,235
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$52,717
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 1 incident

June 28, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T Brown Constructors Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A CONVEYOR BELT IN PLACE AND STRAINED HAND AND WRIST.

1988 · 6 incidents

September 9, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
T Brown Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND HIT IN BACK, CAUSING BRUISE OR POSSIBLE STRAIN.

August 5, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T Brown Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRYING ROCK OUT OF PRIMARY WHEN BAR BOUNCED BACK AND HIT IN ABDOMEN. MISSED AFTERNOON OF 8/5/88 ONLY.

July 9, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
T Brown Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PRYING ROCKS OUT OF PRIMARY WITH SCALING BAR WHEN ROCK ROLLED OFF PILE AND HIT SCALING BAR WHICH HIT HIM IN MOUTH.

March 28, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T Brown Constructors Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS CLIMBING OFF LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE.

March 15, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
T Brown Constructors Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS LAID OFF 3018088 DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE AND ON 3/22/88 HE CALLED AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK ON 3/15/88.