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Eddy County Pits: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

County Of Eddy · Surface
Controlled by Eddy County-Nm
Eddy County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901714

MSHA record for Eddy County Pits (mine ID 2901714). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. County Of Eddy 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Eddy County Pits sits in Eddy County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Eddy County, New Mexico · Population 61,114
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,605
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

1985 · 3 incidents

April 4, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Of Eddy · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LIFTING PVC PIPE ONTO LOWBOY TRAILER, SMASHED SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN PIPE AND TRAILER, TEARING SKIN ON TIP OF FINGER NEAR FINGERNAIL.

April 3, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Of Eddy · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 35-40 LBS. PIECE OF IRON, FELT PAIN ON LOWER PART OF BACK.

March 4, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
County Of Eddy · Struck by flying object

CRUSHER FOREMAN CHIPPING WELD AND PIECE OF SLAG FLEW OFF AND FELL INTO RIGHT EYE.

1984 · 4 incidents

October 9, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
County Of Eddy · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING LOADER; LOADER JERKED EMPLOYEE.

September 4, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Of Eddy · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYUEE WAS PUTTING A LARGE BOARD UNDER CRUSHER TO LEVEL IT WHEN THE BOARD SLIPPED, THE LEFT RING FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE BOARD AND A ROCK.

August 30, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Of Eddy · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE OTHER MEN PUT THE CONVEYOR BELT BACK ON THE CRUSHER, BELT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

August 1, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
County Of Eddy · Struck against a moving object

HURT NECK & LOWER BACK.