Mining Incidents

Leeder Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Leeder James
Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901962

MSHA record for Leeder Pit (mine ID 2901962). 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
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Leeder Construction Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Leeder 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

February 4, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeder Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHECKING A BELT ON CRUSHER WHEN A 5IN.ROCK HIT THE EDGE OF HIS HARD HAT & LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD