Mining Incidents

Black Spring Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Menefee Mining Corp · Surface
Cuba, Sandoval County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902107

Black Spring Mine has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
Mar 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
223
citations
58
significant & substantial
$58,730
proposed penalties
$53,961
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,769 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
96
inspections on record
1,309
inspection hours
17.0
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.
223 citations across 1,309 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Spring Mine has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
218 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-05.
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 5,068 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,110 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,925 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,221 3 0 574.6
2024 Q4 4,649 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,788 5 1 863.9
2024 Q2 6,190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,951 12 1 2016.5
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,915 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,104 2 1 327.7
2023 Q2 6,041 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,963 3 1 604.5
2022 Q4 4,975 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,813 1 0 207.8
2022 Q2 5,461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,578 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,446 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,836 6 0 1028.1
2021 Q2 6,343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,626 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,032 2 0 397.5
2020 Q3 4,581 5 1 1091.5
2020 Q2 5,294 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,329 5 0 938.3
2019 Q4 4,864 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,272 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,149 3 0 487.9
2019 Q1 5,193 1 0 192.6
2018 Q4 5,412 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,404 2 0 370.1
2018 Q2 6,127 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,120 3 1 585.9
2017 Q4 4,829 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,055 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,664 1 1 176.6
2017 Q1 5,305 1 0 188.5
2016 Q4 4,650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,561 8 2 1438.6
2016 Q2 5,975 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,242 3 1 480.6
2015 Q4 5,144 8 2 1555.2
2015 Q3 4,965 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,315 10 2 1881.5
2015 Q1 3,915 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,180 10 2 2392.3
2014 Q3 4,280 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,301 10 4 1886.4
2014 Q1 4,886 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,590 10 3 1788.9
2013 Q3 5,300 4 3 754.7
2013 Q2 5,181 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,496 1 0 222.4
2012 Q4 4,139 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,006 3 1 748.9
2012 Q2 3,585 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,155 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,019 8 4 1990.5
2011 Q3 4,399 5 3 1136.6
2011 Q2 4,113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,356 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,571 3 2 656.3
2010 Q3 4,477 4 2 893.5
2010 Q2 3,035 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,609 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,420 2 0 826.4
2009 Q3 2,558 6 2 2345.6
2009 Q2 2,764 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,196 3 1 1366.1
2008 Q4 2,384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,404 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,803 2 2 713.5
2008 Q1 2,268 9 3 3968.3
2007 Q4 2,289 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,367 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,310 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,305 4 0 1735.4
2006 Q4 2,122 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,361 8 4 3388.4
2006 Q2 1,877 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,287 6 0 2623.5
2005 Q4 2,555 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,691 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,811 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,901 1 0 344.7
2004 Q4 2,991 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,006 2 0 665.3
2004 Q2 3,404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,226 2 0 473.3
2003 Q4 4,126 1 0 242.4
2003 Q3 3,961 2 1 504.9
2003 Q2 4,013 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,262 9 0 2111.7
2002 Q4 3,919 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,129 1 0 242.2
2002 Q2 3,890 5 1 1285.3
2002 Q1 3,415 6 3 1757.0
2001 Q4 3,352 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,504 3 0 856.2
2001 Q2 3,366 5 1 1485.4
2001 Q1 3,320 3 2 903.6
2000 Q4 2,733 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,288 1 0 304.1
2000 Q2 3,968 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,886 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2020 · 1 incident

March 21, 2020 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE while working with Task Trainer stated EE saw trainer walk to the panel and assumed trainer had shut down the dryer. EE then reached in to adjust bolts on the rotary valve and 2 of EE's finger tips were sliced.

2019 · 1 incident

September 13, 2019 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

Forklift operator was loading a van. Loader's co-worker was supervising the load & truck driver was inside cab. Operator was loading the last pallet when the driver attempted to pull forward causing forklift with operator to wedge between dock & van. Operator was wearing PPE & the van was chalked.

2015 · 1 incident

August 18, 2015 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a razor blade to cut crown bar rubber during the installation of a new bagging system. Razor blade slipped and cut his right leg (about an inch wide and inch deep).

2014 · 1 incident

April 15, 2014 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Menefee Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee tried to grease a bearing while the machine was still running. He has been trained on how to operate this piece of equipment and knew that it was NECESSARY to turn the machine OFF BEFORE any maintenance was to be done. As a result, he slipped and broke his finger.

2010 · 1 incident

April 7, 2010 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Menefee Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

While working on a maintenance project, EE was drilling a small pilot hole to attach a cover to the oversize conveyor on the Red Screening Plant when a piece of metal became airborne and struck EE in the right eye. PPE was and is provided and readily available but EE was not utilizing it at the time.

2001 · 1 incident

August 31, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Menefee Mining Corp · Fall from ladders

EE WAS WORKING IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE PROCESSING PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFFA LADDER. ALTHOUGH "SPOTTERS" OR LADDER HOLDERS ARE AVAILABLE, HE OPTED NOT TO TELL ANYONE HE WA S GOING UP THE LADDER. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD A "BRUISED BUTTOCK" AND WOULD BE O.K. AFTER A SHORT TIME.

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The full compliance file on Black Spring Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.