Mining Incidents

San Antone Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michele Bonaguidi
Gallup, Mckinley County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2900917

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
90
citations
22
significant & substantial
$12,861
proposed penalties
$12,861
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
2025 Q4 2,948 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,310 3 1 2290.1
2025 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,670 10 2 5988.0
2024 Q1 318 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

6 on file

2021 · 1 incident

August 25, 2021 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

On 08/25/21, about 1:00 PM I was trying to climb down from the Loader and must have missed a step. I slipped down off of the loader and hit my head. My coworkers working nearby ran over and revived me and then called 911. An ambulance came & I went to GIMC where they ran tests & I stayed until almost 10:30 that night.

2007 · 1 incident

October 13, 2007 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with electrical current

Was trying to reset a circuit box that had a broken handle - used a metal bar.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 26, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Flash burns (electric)

Conveyor stopped running. Employee replaced fuses and turned it back on. Conveyor didn't start. He pulled disconnect box off. Electricity arched on switch blades causing the box to blow up.

August 16, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Rock stuck in conveyor. Employee was prying on it with a bar. Bar slipped catching his finger between bar and crusher frame.

2002 · 1 incident

July 11, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE BACK STOP ON A GEAR BOX. HE TUGGED ON THE CONVEYER BELT AND IT JUMPED FORWARD ABOUT 2" CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND SHIVE. CONVEYER WAS NOT HOOKED TO POWER . EE'S FINGER WAS X-RAYED AND WAS NOT BROKEN, JUST SORE. HE IS O.K. AS OF TODAY. NO LOST TIME.

2000 · 1 incident

May 8, 2000 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

CLIMBED DOWN TOWER LADDER VERY HIGH WINDS BLEW ASMALL WINDOW PANE OUT OF WINDOW. EE HEARD SOMETHING & LOOKED UP AND SAW GLASS COMING. HE THEN DUCKED & GLASS HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BEL OW THE HARD HAT CUT HIS HEAD. HE GOT 5 STAPLES IN HIS HEAD