Mining Incidents

Aviation Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Sante Fe, Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902293

Aviation Mine has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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 2006
157
citations
57
significant & substantial
$31,379
proposed penalties
$31,228
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
71
inspections on record
920
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: 920 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Aviation Mine has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 359 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 298 4 0 13422.8
2024 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 457 2 0 4376.4
2024 Q2 367 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 124 2 0 16129.0
2023 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 527 12 1 22770.4
2022 Q3 415 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 485 2 0 4123.7
2022 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 586 1 0 1706.5
2021 Q3 516 2 0 3876.0
2021 Q2 526 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 409 9 2 22004.9
2020 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 651 3 1 4608.3
2020 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 291 2 0 6872.9
2019 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 228 3 0 13157.9
2019 Q1 315 5 3 15873.0
2018 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 419 2 0 4773.3
2018 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 558 4 1 7168.5
2017 Q3 920 5 3 5434.8
2017 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 621 3 0 4830.9
2016 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 526 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 980 2 1 2040.8
2016 Q1 911 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,034 6 2 5802.7
2015 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 465 6 4 12903.2
2014 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 595 2 1 3361.3
2014 Q1 445 1 1 2247.2
2013 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 620 7 2 11290.3
2013 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,025 3 1 2926.8
2012 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,220 4 2 3278.7
2012 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 620 5 3 8064.5
2011 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,640 2 0 1219.5
2011 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 450 3 2 6666.7
2010 Q3 1,920 2 1 1041.7
2010 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,480 8 5 5405.4
2009 Q3 2,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,880 1 0 347.2
2009 Q1 2,200 6 4 2727.3
2008 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,500 2 0 800.0
2008 Q1 2,180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,100 5 1 1612.9
2007 Q3 2,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,880 11 4 3819.4
2007 Q1 2,900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,600 5 4 3125.0
2006 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,060 11 7 5339.8
2006 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,810 0 0 0.0

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.

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