Mining Incidents

Uniperl Or Uniperl Division: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Silbrico Corp · Surface
Taos County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900249

MSHA record for Uniperl Or Uniperl Division (mine ID 2900249). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Silbrico Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Uniperl Or Uniperl Division sits in Taos County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Taos County, New Mexico · Population 34,516
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$58,908
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

February 27, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Silbrico Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AROUND MILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HITTING HIS LEFT EYE ON A BOLT CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE LEFT EYELID.

1984 · 2 incidents

November 9, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Silbrico Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AROUND MILL WHEN THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS EYE.

July 12, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Silbrico Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES AROUND MILL WHEN THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS EYE.