Mining Incidents

AZTEC AGGREGATE: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Fesco Inc · Surface
Controlled by Cecil Henry
San Juan County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902081

MSHA record for AZTEC AGGREGATE (mine ID 2902081). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1995–1999
Latest incident
Nov 1999
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20010029M Settlement Melick 2001 $18K → $6K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Fesco Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

AZTEC AGGREGATE sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
San Juan County, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

November 23, 1999 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fesco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO BREAK A ROCK OUT OF THE JAW, EE HIT THE CHECK PLATE AND THE HAMMER CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE KNEE(JUST ABOVE KNEE).

July 1, 1999 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fesco Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIDING LOADER DOWN A HILL FROM MAIN GRAVEL PIT TO A SAND PIT. THE ENGINE ON THE LOADER DIED FOR SOME REASON WHICH CAUSED THE LOADER TO LOSE THE POWER STEERING & AIR WHICH OPERATES THE BRAKES STEERED LOADER IN THE BANK ON THE UPSIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE LOADER TO TURN OVER ON ITSSIDE

1998 · 4 incidents

November 3, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fesco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING BEARINGS ON BUZZARD SCREEN & GREASE GUN TIP GOT STUCK IN GREASE CERT. EE JERKED ON GREASE GUN, IT CAME LOOSE REAL QUICK AND THE HANDLE OF THE GREASE GUN HIT HIM IN THE FRONT TOOTH.

June 11, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fesco Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPED OUT OF LOADER, WELD BROKE ON STEP OF LOADER AND EE FELL & BUMPED BACK OF HEAD ON GROUND

March 11, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fesco Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING OUT OF LOADER, STEPPED OFF LOADER & TWISTED KNEE

February 4, 1998 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fesco Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING OUT OF LOADER , HIT KNEECAP ON DOOR HINGE

1996 · 1 incident

August 30, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Fesco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS STEPPING OUT OF LOADER AND STEPPED ON ROCK. SLIPPED OFF ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1995 · 2 incidents

June 20, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fesco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK WAS LODGED IN THE CHUTE AND EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO DISLODGE THEM BY HAND RESULTING IN A SMASHED FINGER.

May 22, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fesco Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT SCREEN AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF TOP DECK TO LOWER DECK RESILTING IN STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.