Banner Mill Site has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,070
proposed penalties
$2,570
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
15
inspections on record
235
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: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Banner Mill Site has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$500
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2011-02-24, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.53
0.26
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2011-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.18
0.17
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2011-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-01-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
Mechanic
2009-01-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
Welder, etc.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Banner Mill Site recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.50 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
12.84
6.42
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
1
2015
3
2014
3
2013
19
2012
19
2011
17
2010
18
2009
17
2008
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Banner Mill Site sits in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Hidalgo County, New Mexico · Population 4,097
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,076
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
2016 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
219
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
286
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
281
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
281
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
308
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
348
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
177
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1
152
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,955
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
8,130
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,054
2
0
220.9
2013 Q1
9,623
3
0
311.8
2012 Q4
9,258
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
8,090
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,889
1
0
126.8
2012 Q1
7,884
2
0
253.7
2011 Q4
6,609
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
7,550
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,152
5
1
699.1
2011 Q1
6,104
8
3
1310.6
2010 Q4
6,856
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
8,157
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,248
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
7,894
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
7,357
2
0
271.8
2009 Q3
7,459
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,905
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,180
1
0
122.2
2008 Q3
3,121
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
415
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
182
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2010 · 2 incidents
October 1, 2010NM · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE said he and another worker were measuring a water line when he felt his right knee trying to lock up on him. That afternoon the same thing happen again. They did not report this to the supervisor. The next day on his regular day off, he said his knee was still sore and he put a brace and ice on it. 4:30 PM they took him to the hosiptal to get it checked out.
May 27, 2010NM · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE had just finished lunch and was walking back to the ball mill when he said somehow he twisted his ankle. I took EE to the clinic in Lordsburg, NM. EE had his right ankle X-Rayed,no broken bones. The PA-C told EE not to go back to work until Tuesday, June 1, on light duty.