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Nose Rock Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Phillips Uranium Corp · Underground
Mckinley County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901688

MSHA record for Nose Rock Mine No 1 (mine ID 2901688). 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
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Phillips Uranium Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Nose Rock Mine No 1 sits in McKinley County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
McKinley County, New Mexico · Population 71,172
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$44,496
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

March 10, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Phillips Uranium Corp · Flash burns (electric)

WHILE WORKING ON HOIST MOTOR, EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TEE LEADS FOR STATIC DISCHARGE. ACCIDENTLY GOT INTO THE LINE LEAD INSTEAD OF THE 3RD TEE LEAD AND RECEIVED A FLASH BURN. NO PERMANENT NOR PA RTIAL INJURY TO EMPLOYEE AND NO PHYSCIAL DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.