Pollard Pit Metal/Non-Metal

United Materials, LLP · Surface

Controlled by GMS Inc; David Shoup

LAKE ARTHUR, Chaves County, NM · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2902465

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2017

citations

significant & substantial

$75,057

proposed penalties

$1,781

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,889	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,877	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,100	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,806	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,001	0	0.0
2024 Q2	10	1	100000.0
2024 Q1	10	0	0.0
2023 Q4	3,383	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

1 on file

April 16, 2026 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

United Materials, LLP · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While applying belt dressing to a head pulley EE's hand was caught in the head pulley and caused the loss of EE's left hand.