Mining Incidents

Blue Springs Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Anthony Villegas
Belen, Valencia County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902544

Blue Springs has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 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 2023
11
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,912
proposed penalties
$4,706
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,206 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
4
inspections on record
68
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: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Springs has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
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 6,541 1 1 152.9
2025 Q3 5,539 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,134 2 0 389.6
2024 Q4 4,419 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,489 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,151 1 1 317.4
2024 Q1 3,262 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,005 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,432 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,502 7 2 4660.5

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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