Quivira Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING BOLT HOLERS IN THE BACK OF A DEVELOPMENT DRIFT WHEN SOME DIRT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. PHYSICIAN WASHED OUT SAND. RX EYE DROPS GIVEN.
Section 30 Metal/Non-Metal
Quivira Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Kerr-McGee Corp
Mckinley County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900538
MSHA record for Section 30 (mine ID 2900538). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Dec 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file1984 · 7 incidents
November 13, 1984
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Quivira Mining Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A WATER VALVE OFF A 2" HEADER. THE CENTER OF THE VALVE BLEW OUT. THE WATER UNDER PRESSURE STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE. RUST PARTICLES IN THE WATER ENTERED T HE EYE. PARTICLES OF MATERIALS EMBEDDED IN EYE
Quivira Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING BOULDERS WITH A PB-6 I.R. PAYEMENT BREAKER. EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE, FELL DOWN WITH PAYEMENT BREAKER, PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN GRIZZLY RAIL AND PAYEMENT BREAKER, WHICH CAUSED DISLOCATION OF FINGER.
Quivira Mining Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MUCK FROM 7001 PILLAR STOPE.HE WAS DRIVING EMPTY TRAIN IN 62//HAULAGE DRIFT TO 7001.BY #6 VENT HOLE AT SEC. 33,DUST CONDITIONS EXISTED, AND APPARENTLY THAT IS WHERE EMPLO EMPLOYEE GOT FOREIGN OBJECTS IN EYE.EMPLOYEE RECEIVED RX.
September 10, 1984
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Quivira Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE WAS GOING OUT WITH A LOADED TRAIN AND STOPPED AT 2500-3100 INTERSECTION TO MOVE A STULL THAT WAS LEANING INTO THE DRIFT. AFTER HE MOVED THE STULL HE CONTINUED GOING OUT WIT H HIS TRAIN, TRAVELED ABOUT 10\ WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK A PIPE GOING ACROSS THE HAULAGE CAUSING HIM A BLOODY NOSE AND DIZZINESS
March 28, 1984
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quivira Mining Company · Struck by falling object
THE MUCK ON THIS ORE PASS HAD BUILT UP AT THE THROAT OF ORE PASS EMP WAS USING 6FT SCALING BAR TO SCALE IT DOWN HE WAS STANDING ON OUTSIDE OF ORE CAR WHEN SOME MUCK CAME DOWN AND HIT HIM KNOKK ING HIM INSIDE OF ORE CAR MORE MUCK CAME DOWN WHEN HE WAS INSIDE OF CAR HITTING HIM ON THE BACK
March 27, 1984
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quivira Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ORE CAR AXLE, AXLE SWUNG OVER WHEN HE LIFTED UP THE AXLE, CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN CAR AND WHEEL
1983 · 13 incidents
Quivira Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE REPORTED TO ME THAT WHILE MOVING SOME 6X8X16, HE FELT NO PAIN UNTIL HE GOT HOME. NEXT MORNING HE REPORTED THAT HIS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING HIM FROM A PREVIOUS BACK INJURY THAT OCCURRED AT 3 304 DEVELOPMENT STOPE. FIRST AID WAS MADE ON THIS INJURY BY STEVE ERICKSON ON 8-23-83. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 12-12-83.
Quivira Mining Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS IN THE BACK WHEN THE FOREIGN PARTICLE ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A J-38 MACHINE AND JACK LEG TO DRILL HOLES AND TO INSTALL THE BOLTS.
Quivira Mining Company · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO HIS WORK AREA THERE WAS A MOTOR OFF THE TRACK AT 1400 HDTHE ONLY WAY TO GET ACROSS WAS TO CLIMB OVER THE MOTOR WHEN EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OVER AND WAS GETTING OFF THE MTOR HER STEPPED ON A COUPLING AND LSOT HIS BALANCE AND FELL WHEN HE FELL DOWN HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND
October 5, 1983
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Quivira Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATING SLUSHER USING ALL 3 DRUMS.MIDDLE DRUM OPERATED WITH FOOT PEDAL.SLUSHING IN PILLAR STOPE.WHILE PUSHING DOWN ON FOOT PEDAL,FRONT BAND STOP BOLTS BROKE ENABLING BAND TO GO AROUND DRUM C AUSING PEDAL TO KICK UP SLAMMING EMPL FOOT AGAINST SLUSHER FRAME.
September 20, 1983
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quivira Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING DRAIN ON DIESEL LOCOMOTVE, THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON THE RIB OF THE MECHANIC SHOP. EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND TO HAVE CONTUSIONS TO RIGHT ELBOW.
Quivira Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FIND TRACK TIE USING A SPLIT SET BOLT. CAUGHT FINGER IN GROOVE AND CUT FINGER ON BOTH SIDES.
Quivira Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL THROUGH DRILLING ROUND.MOVING DRILL MACHINE AWAY FROM FACE,FELT PAIN ON LEFT SIDE OF GROIN.
July 28, 1983
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quivira Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM 1ST SLUSHER POSITION TOWARD 2ND SLUSHER AND SLIPPED IN HOLE FOR STACKING MUCK, WHICH WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME, BRUISING HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOTSEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8/15/83.
Quivira Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HANG 5 KU ELECTRICAL CABLE FROM MOTOR JAMMED RT INDEX FINGER AGAINST BACK BETWEEN POWER CABLE AND BACK OF DRIFT
May 31, 1983
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quivira Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMP SAID SHE WAS WALKING FROM SERVICE COMPARTMENT TO SLUSHER TRENCH WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL FALLING ON HER HAND SHE FIRST NOTICED IT HURT WHEN SHE TRIED TO LIFT A SHEAVE BLOCK SHE WAS NOT S SURE IF SHE HURT IT WHEN SHE FELL OR WHEN SHE LIFTED SHEAVE BLOCK BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY I HAVE HAD GETTING INFORMATION FROM EMPLOYEE OF HOW INCIDENT OCCURRED ALSO THE MINER DID NOT SEE AN
May 4, 1983
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quivira Mining Company · Fall from ladders
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING MANWAY LADDER AT 3306 EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 15FEET TO THE TRACK LEVEL EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING RUBBER GLOVES WHILE CLIMBING
Quivira Mining Company · Struck by flying object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PROBING DOES NOT KNOW WHEN ANYTHING ENTERED HIS EYE WAS NOT NOTICES UNTIL AFTER WORKING HOURS AND EVEN THEN ONLY BY SIGHT AND NOT BY ANY IRRITATION TO THE EYE
Quivira Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS CLIMBING OVER A PARKED CAR IN 1000 HD & THE MOTORMAN MOVED THE TRAIN CAUSING ELLEN TO BE BUMPED AGAINST THE RIB.
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