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Cinder Mountain Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Volcanic Stone Co · Surface

Controlled by Emilio Chavez

Dumas, Union County, NM · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2902191

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2025
Latest incident: Jan 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

305

citations

117

significant & substantial

$202,969

proposed penalties

$153,153

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	10,508	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	6,050	11	3	1818.2
2025 Q1	6,377	4	1	627.3
2024 Q4	7,788	8	1	1027.2
2024 Q3	9,377	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	9,254	5	0	540.3
2023 Q3	9,117	5	0	548.4
2023 Q2	8,749	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

2025 · 2 incidents

January 26, 2025 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Volcanic Stone Co · Fall from machine

On 1/26/25, 3 employees were at the worksite to install a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt was lifted from the back end to be suspended approx. 20 ft in the air and the front was on the ground. EE walked up the conveyor belt while it was suspended to take some measurements. EE lost EE's balance and fell around approx. 10:00 am.

January 26, 2025 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Volcanic Stone Co · Fall from machine

On 1/26/25, EE & 2 co-workers were at the worksite to install a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt was lifted from the back end to be suspended aprox. 20 ft in the air & the front was on the ground. EE walked up the conveyor belt while it was suspended to take some measurements. EE lost balance & fell around aprox. 10:00 AM.