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Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC operator

Controlled by Intrepid Potash Inc

MSHA operator ID: 0052237

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 325
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2004–2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

2,591

citations

335

significant & substantial

$1,148,369

proposed penalties

$1,016,751

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 29 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 4 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 90 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 55 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 50 non-fatal
HOISTING 37 non-fatal

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

August 6, 2008 NM · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC · Contact with electrical current

EE was found unconscious, with no resp or pulse pit between hydroseparator and floc building. CPR was administered and EE was transported to CMS where he was pronounced dead. Autopsy report has not been recieved. A heat trace tape was found arcing near where EE was found.

October 18, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee parked water wagon, got off, didn't chock wheels or set park brake. Vehicle rolled, he either slipped and fell under Rt tire or tire knocked him down and ran up on lower torso.