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Pit 87-7-S: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J W Jones
Socorro County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902021

MSHA record for Pit 87-7-S (mine ID 2902021). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. J W Jones Construction Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pit 87-7-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

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

June 2, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J W Jones Construction Company · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE HAD SHUT THE CRUSHER DOWN, AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM TOP OF CRUSHER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON LADDER.

February 11, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
J W Jones Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS GREASING THE BEARINGS ON THE CRUSHER HIS JACKET SLEEVE WAS CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY AND HIS ARM WAS PULLED INTO THE PULLEY