Mining Incidents

Georgetown: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Sierra Corp · Facility
Controlled by Shacklett Alfred Jr
Grant County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901739

Georgetown has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
May 1983
Ownership history
  1. Sierra Corp 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 1
1988 1
1987 1
1986 1
1985 1
1984 2
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Georgetown sits in Grant County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.
Grant County, New Mexico · Population 27,856
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$45,921
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

May 18, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sierra Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 50 LB BAG TO EMPTY INTO A BARREL JOHN GOT A HERNIA