Mining Incidents

Pit 57-105-S: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J W Jones
Socorro County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901356

MSHA record for Pit 57-105-S (mine ID 2901356). 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
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Burn Construction Company Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. J W Jones Construction Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pit 57-105-S sits in Socorro 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.
Socorro County, New Mexico · Population 16,308
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$47,556
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

October 5, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
J W Jones Construction Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS CLEANING OUT FROM UNDER THE SCREEN A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM