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Lea County Pits Metal/Non-Metal

Lea County Road Department · Surface

Controlled by Lea County-NM

Eunice, Lea County, NM · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2901648

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2013
Latest incident: May 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$5,547

proposed penalties

$5,547

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	1,340	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,450	2	0	1379.3
2025 Q2	850	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,208	4	1	3311.3
2024 Q4	1,520	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,051	3	0	2854.4
2024 Q2	640	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,610	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

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

May 7, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Lea County Road Department · Struck against a moving object

Operating the dozer at the site, while backing, hit something that jared the dozer and pulled a muscle in back.

April 15, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lea County Road Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing a rock from the walkway and putting it back onto the screening area, the rock bounced back and smashed his finger on the right hand against the side of the screen. The screen was not in operation.