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Organ Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Valley Transit Mix · Surface
Dona Ana County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901891

MSHA record for Organ Quarry (mine ID 2901891). 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
1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Gilbert Western Corp 1982 to 1988
  2. Valley Transit Mix 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Organ Quarry sits in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Doña Ana County, New Mexico · Population 221,665
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$55,663
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

1989 · 1 incident

April 12, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Transit Mix · Struck against a moving object

RUN-AWAY LOADER ON DOWN HILL GRADE, BOUNCED AGAINST A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE LEFT REAR TIRE TO BLOW OUT. LOADER CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF ROADWAY AT A SUDDEN STOP, THROWING DANIEL AGAINST STEERING SHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST TIME