Mining Incidents

APACHE CANYON #2: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

John Valdez · Surface
Controlled by John Valdez
El Paso, El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902271

APACHE CANYON #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
16
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,930
proposed penalties
$1,930
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
19
inspections on record
132
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 132 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

APACHE CANYON #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
73.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 93.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. John Valdez 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 1
2009 2
2008 4
2007 3
2006 2
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

APACHE CANYON #2 sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 0 1 0
2010 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 240 2 1 8333.3
2009 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 820 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 821 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 622 1 0 1607.7
2007 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 420 1 0 2381.0
2007 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 480 3 1 6250.0
2005 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 430 1 0 2325.6

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.