What are B T U Watrous Pit #2's MSHA penalties?

B T U Watrous Pit #2 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 7 contested dockets.

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B T U Watrous Pit #2 Metal/Non-Metal

B T U Block & Concrete Inc · Surface

Controlled by Buddy Sonchar

Watrous, Mora County, NM · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2901971

B T U Watrous Pit #2 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1989–2011
Latest incident: Mar 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

124

citations

significant & substantial

$28,524

proposed penalties

$23,925

paid to date

84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,599 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

846

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 846 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$29K

proposed penalties

$24K

current assessed

$24K

paid to date

outstanding

124 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-18.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2023 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	414	9	8	21739.1
2022 Q3	1,007	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	1,485	3	0	2020.2
2022 Q1	843	1	1	1186.2
2021 Q4	594	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	610	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	591	2	0	3384.1

Show 85 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1	510	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	321	2	0	6230.5
2020 Q3	781	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,165	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	2,096	2	1	954.2
2019 Q4	2,134	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	1,887	2	0	1059.9
2019 Q2	1,422	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	1,563	1	0	639.8
2018 Q4	1,518	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	1,742	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,868	2	0	1070.7
2018 Q1	2,030	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	1,975	12	2	6075.9
2017 Q3	2,261	1	0	442.3
2017 Q2	2,083	2	0	960.2
2017 Q1	2,344	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,015	2	1	992.6
2016 Q3	2,330	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	2,047	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	2,465	7	4	2839.8
2015 Q4	2,082	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	2,056	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	2,453	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	1,749	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,068	3	1	1450.7
2014 Q3	2,530	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	2,380	5	2	2100.8
2014 Q1	2,069	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	2,226	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,775	2	1	1126.8
2013 Q2	1,868	8	4	4282.7
2013 Q1	1,718	1	0	582.1
2012 Q4	1,979	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	1,942	3	0	1544.8
2012 Q2	1,902	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	1,904	4	1	2100.8
2011 Q4	1,809	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	2,434	5	3	2054.2
2011 Q2	2,501	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	1,761	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,788	6	2	3355.7
2010 Q3	2,163	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	2,053	4	0	1948.4
2010 Q1	1,904	6	2	3151.3
2009 Q4	1,626	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,983	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	1,703	4	0	2348.8
2009 Q1	1,581	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	1,825	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	2,150	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	1,853	1	0	539.7
2008 Q1	2,151	2	0	929.8
2007 Q4	1,796	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	2,203	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	1,919	2	1	1042.2
2007 Q1	2,134	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	1,849	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	2,139	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	1,686	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	2,110	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	1,918	4	0	2085.5
2005 Q3	2,065	6	0	2905.6
2005 Q2	2,170	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	2,037	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	1,851	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	2,382	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	2,760	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	2,488	5	1	2009.6
2003 Q4	2,431	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	2,332	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	2,594	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	2,036	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	2,182	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,980	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	2,149	3	1	1396.0
2002 Q1	2,412	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	2,540	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	2,190	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	2,627	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	2,453	2	0	815.3
2000 Q4	1,967	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	2,782	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	2,526	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	3,040	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 16, 2011 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

B T U Block & Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Wet screen threw a belt; belt & guard were replaced.3rd time belt started to come off. Stopped & locked out screen but centric stopped on the top. EE reached into grab the belt and the centric moved pulling his (L)hand into the belt. EE grabbed the belt with his (R)hand to release his (L) and the centric moved again grabbing his (R)middle finger & ring finger.

1991 · 1 incident

July 18, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE

B T U Block & Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CRUSHER PLUGGED IT WAS ASSUMED CONV STOPPED RUNNING MOVING MOTOR BELTS BY HAND OPER STARTED BELT PULLLED FINGER THROUGH DRIVE SHAFT

1990 · 1 incident

December 4, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

B T U Block & Concrete Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF ROCK CRUSHER AND BRUISED RIBS AS A RESULT OF FALL.

1989 · 1 incident

April 19, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE

B T U Block & Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A SANDY CONVEYOR BELT.

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