Mining Incidents

PORTABLE #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Curry County · Surface
Controlled by Curry County-Nm
Curry County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902043

MSHA record for PORTABLE #1 (mine ID 2902043). 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
1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Ownership history
  1. Curry County 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE #1 sits in Curry 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.
Curry County, New Mexico · Population 47,932
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,259
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 30, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Curry County · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PRYING ROCKS LOOSE IN CRUSHER HOPPER WITH A PRY BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE LOOSE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.