Mining Incidents

Section 32: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Homestake Mining Company · Underground
Mckinley County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900593

MSHA record for Section 32 (mine ID 2900593). 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
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. United Nuclear-Homestake Partners 1950 to 1981
  2. Homestake Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Section 32 sits in McKinley County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
McKinley County, New Mexico · Population 71,172
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$44,496
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

1983 · 1 incident

September 16, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Homestake Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK FEET HIT SOFT SPOT ON GROUND AND GUARD FELL ON HIS BACK