Mining Incidents

Hummingbird: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cac Mining Company · Underground
Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900270

MSHA record for Hummingbird (mine ID 2900270). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Cac Mining Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hummingbird sits in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico · Population 155,175
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,689
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

May 18, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cac Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS SWEEPING REFUSE IN MILL BLDG AND LOADING REFUSE INTO SHOVEL TO DEPOSIT IN TRASHCAN - WENT TO MOVE TRASH CAN AND STRAINED BACK - THERE WAS APPROX. 25# OR LESS OF WEIGHT IN CAN AT TIM E OF ACCIDENT.

May 18, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cac Mining Company · Fall from machine

WAS DOING ELECTRICAL TROUBLE SHOOTING ON FRONTEND LOADER WAS GETTING OFF MACHINE TO GET PROBE - WAS GOING TO JUMP OFF TIRE WHEN KNEE STARTED GOING OUT - LANDED ON GROUND AND KNEE "WENT" COMPLE TELY OUT.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cac Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ATTENDED AUCTION OVER WEEKKEND & PURCHASED HYDROAULIC UNITS FOR MILL SYSTEM WAS LOADING MANUALLY IN PICKUP WHEN BACK POPPED & PINCHED NERVE IN LOWER BACK WENT HOME AND LAID DOWN.

July 1, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Cac Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON GRADER BLADE AND GRINDER KICKED BACK MAKING HIS ELBOW TRIKE FRAME OF GRADER RESULTING IN CUT ON ELBOW (LEFT) WHICH REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

1983 · 1 incident

October 7, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cac Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED ANKLE DESCENDING MT.AGGRAVATED OLD INJ APPEARS TO BE OK.EMPL HAS RET TO WORK.