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Hurley Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Grant County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901907

Hurley Pit 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
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. James Hamilton Construction Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1984 0
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Hurley Pit 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

June 21, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
James Hamilton Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS REPLACING TEETH ON 980 LOADER BUCKET AND HE WAS DRIVING THE RETAINER PINS OUT OF OLD TEETH ON BUCKET WITH SLEDGEHAMMER AND BULL PIN HEAD ON BULL PIN SPLINTERED AND PIECE OF METAL LO LODGED IN HIS CHEEK BELOW RT EYE