Mining Incidents

W D Ranch Mines: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Leonard Jensen · Underground
Controlled by Leonard Jensen
Hidalgo County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901802

MSHA record for W D Ranch Mines (mine ID 2901802). 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
1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Mina Amigos Mining Company 1980 to 1988
  2. Leonard Jensen 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

W D Ranch Mines sits in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Hidalgo County, New Mexico · Population 4,097
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,076
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

1988 · 1 incident

October 6, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leonard Jensen · Struck by falling object

MAN HAD JUST FINISHED BARRING DOWN AND GETTING READY TO DRIL PLUG YO MAKE ROOM OR TIMBER WHEN SLAB FELL OUT OF BACK HITTING HIM ON LEG BREAKING R. LEG.