St Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING TIMBERS FROM RAISE TWISTED L ANKLE RESULTING IN SPRAIN
St Cloud Underground: 17 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
St Cloud Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Equalizer Inc
Sierra County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900944
MSHA record for St Cloud Underground (mine ID 2900944). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1987–1991
- Latest incident
- Mar 1991
Ownership history
- St Cloud Mining Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
St Cloud Underground sits in Sierra County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Sierra County, New Mexico · Population 11,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$37,840
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file1991 · 2 incidents
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 8X8 TIMBER WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES WHEN HE MOVED ONE. ANOTHER 8X8 SLID AND HIT RIGHT AREA.
1990 · 6 incidents
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPL HAD JUST DRILLED A ROUND.TURNED TO MOVE,SLIPPED AND PUT HAND OUT TO STEADY SELF.CUT HAND ON ROCK.2" CUT ON OUTSIDE RIGHT HAND REQ 5 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck by flying object
PUTTING VALVE ON AIR LINE, IT BLEW AIR PRESSURE AND RUST IN EYES
August 9, 1990
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
POWERED HAULAGE
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK- STRUCK MAT CAUSING IT TO FALL. HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ARM.
April 24, 1990
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING UNDERGROUND TRUCK AND LOADER TIRES) PICKED UP A TIRE AND HAD PAIN IN GROIN AREA AND BACK. (ACCISDENT OCCURRED APPROX 4-24-90. DID NOT REPORT UNTIL THIS DATE).
St Cloud Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING- NOTIFIED HIS PARTNER HE FELT ILL, HAD PAIN IN CHEST AND LEFT ARM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SURFACE AND ON TO MILL SITE TO RESCUE VEHICLE.
January 4, 1990
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Cloud Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF MANWAY-LAGGING FELL CAUSIGN EMPLOYEE TO DROP ARROX. 10' TO MUCK PILE RESULTING IN BROKEN RIGHT FOOT.
1989 · 6 incidents
St Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS PULLING HOSES APPARENTLY TWISTED RIGHT WRIST DID NOT NOTICE PAIN UNTIL LATER IN THE SHIFT.
St Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING JACKLET OUT OF HOLE WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PIPING WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN MOUTH, RESULTING IN CHIPPED TOOTH.
June 30, 1989
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
St Cloud Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEES WAITED APPROX. 45 MINUTES AFTER BLASTING, THEN RETURNED UNDERGROUND TO WORK ON TRUCK. APPARENTLY HIT A POCKET OF DEAD AIR. EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED CHEST PAINS, NAUSEA AND HEADACHE.
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
LOADING BENCH PRIOR TO SHOOTING. CUT SIDE OF LEFT HAND ON QUARTZ ON RIB.
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck by falling object
DRILLING RAISE ROUND WHEN ROCK FELL HITTING EMP IN MOUTH AND ON L HA ND THUMB OF L HAND REC SM. CUT SWOLLEN NUMB MOUTH BLEAD MOMENTS THEN STOPPED L. THUMB FRACT.
1988 · 1 incident
July 19, 1988
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Cloud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
E MP. WAS WORKING IN PRODUCTION DRIFT AND SLIPED ON WATER HOSE TWISTING AN ANKLE.
1987 · 2 incidents
St Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 LIFTING A 3"X12"X6' PIECEO OF LAGGING UP INTO ANINCLINED RAISE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED HIS LEFT ARM. THIS PLACED MOST OF THE STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT ARM. DURING THE L IFT THE EMPLOYE9 STRAINED OR PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
St Cloud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE WORKING I3 A RAISE THE EMPLOYEE RUPTURED HIS LEFT BICEPT TENDON WHILE LIFTING A JACKLEG DRILL MACHINE.