Mining Incidents

Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLCMining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ee was walking down stairs and missed last 2 steps. Ee did not fall, caught self with Left leg. Ee did not immediately know that there was any injury.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was stepping down while steadying themselves with Left Hand on a vertical beam. As the hand slid down beam, a burr lacerated the tip of the Left Middle Finger. Requiring sutures to close wound.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.