Mining Incidents

Mobil C #2 Artesia Airport Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Rose Gravel Company · Surface
Controlled by Constructors Inc (NM)
Eddy County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901974

MSHA record for Mobil C #2 Artesia Airport Pit (mine ID 2901974). 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
1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. Rose Gravel Company 1984 to 1991
  2. Rose Gravel Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mobil C #2 Artesia Airport Pit sits in Eddy County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Eddy County, New Mexico · Population 61,114
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,605
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

1987 · 1 incident

February 11, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Rose Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WAS RUNNING FRO4 CRUSHER TO LOADER RAN UNDER CONVEYOR AND DID NOT DUCK ENOUGH BUMPED HEAD CUTS ON FACE