Mining Incidents

King Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J W Jones
Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901248

MSHA record for King Pit (mine ID 2901248). 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
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. J W Jones Construction Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

King Pit 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

September 16, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J W Jones Construction Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS WATCHING THE CONVEYOR BELT. A ROCK FELL OFF, HE STEPPED BACK TO AVOID THE ROCK STUMBLED AND FELL BACKWARDS.