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Hobbs Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Lea County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901898

MSHA record for Hobbs Pit (mine ID 2901898). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. James Hamilton Construction Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hobbs Pit sits in Lea County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 16.0% 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.
Lea County, New Mexico · Population 73,154
16.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,750
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

1984 · 1 incident

February 1, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
James Hamilton Construction Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS WORKING AROUND CONVEYOR CLEANING UP A ROCK ABOUT 3IN IN DIAMETER FELL FROM ABOUT 10FT AND HIT VICTIM IN THE SMALL OF BACK AROUND THE KIDNEYS INJURED WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR X RAYS AND WAS RELEASED TWO DAYS LATER HE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR AN OPERATION ON HIS KIDNEYS