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Open Pit & Continental Surf Comp Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Hanover, Grant County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900725

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,887
proposed penalties
$3,887
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 10,506 2 0 190.4
2017 Q3 13,062 1 0 76.6
2017 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,515 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,176 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2016 Q1 2,188 0 0 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

5 on file

2014 · 1 incident

January 15, 2014 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

While walking alongside a berm in a field, employee slipped and fell. While reaching out to break her fall, her hand landed on a sharp edged rock, lacerating the pad of her palm, requiring stitches to close.

2013 · 1 incident

September 24, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee sustained a laceration to his right forearm while cutting the top off of an oil can so that it could be drained.

2003 · 1 incident

August 14, 2003 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON A BOLT ON ONE SIDE OF A FLOAT BRACKET, OTHER EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET. OTHER EE PULLED TO TRY TO LOOSEN THE BOLT, WHEN IT PULLED HIS WRENCH AROUND, PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE BRACKET.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

December 10, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AREA IS VERY ROCKY. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLYWOOD TO HOLD IT DOWN WHILE HE REMOVED NAILS FROM IT. THE PLYWOOD SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND. EE DID NOT FEEL IT NECESSARY TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND DID NOT REQUEST TO GO UNTIL 1/2/02.