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H B Potash Metal/Non-Metal

H B Potash LLC · Underground

Controlled by Hugh E Harvey

Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2900173

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2006–2012
Latest incident: Jun 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$6,350

proposed penalties

$6,350

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3	0
2013 Q2	68	0.0
2012 Q4	67	0.0
2012 Q3	64	0.0
2012 Q2	65	0.0
2012 Q1	0
2011 Q4	0
2011 Q3	66	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 12, 2012 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

H B Potash LLC · Struck against a moving object

Crew was fully pre-tasked prior to start of shift. Two scrapers were operating in a push pull fashion. The lead scraper operator lowered the can into the dirt prior to the rear push scraper connecting and the lead scraper came to a full stop. Rear scraper hit the back of the lead scraper and lead scraper operator sustained a left shoulder strain.

2006 · 2 incidents

July 24, 2006 NM · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE

H B Potash LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Fire reported by Cont. @ 5:05 pm involving surface bldg being demolished.Safety arrived @ 6:00 pm immediately determined MSHA Rpt'l. Called MSHA @ 6:10 pm. Fire was contained to this structure and extinguished.

July 19, 2006 NM · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE

H B Potash LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Fire reported by Cont. @ 7:50 am involving beltline & oil tank being salvaged. Safety arrived @ 8:20 am. Determined to be MSHA Rpt'l @ 8:25 am, called MSHA @ 8:35 am. Fire contained/extinguised, damage contained to belt & tank. Called MSHA @ 1:35p.m. to report fire out. Surface being salvaged by JB Gordon Construction.