Mining Incidents

Castillo Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard C Castillo
Veguita, Valencia County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902237

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
199
citations
41
significant & substantial
$80,439
proposed penalties
$63,788
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 3 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 3 0
2024 Q4 3 1 1 333333.3
2024 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 902 5 0 5543.2
2023 Q2 1,370 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

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 31, 2026 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Castillo Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

At -12:45 PM, EE cleaned a return idler while a conveyor was running, without supervisor approval. Despite a coworker's warning, EE continued and was pulled into the belt. Coworkers stopped the conveyor and freed EE. EE suffered minor abrasions. Cause: working on moving equipment without lockout/tagout.