Brazos Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Russell Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Russell P Casados; Mary Alice Casados
Chama,
Rio Arriba County,
NM
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902486
Brazos Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,121
proposed penalties
$2,121
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
10
inspections on record
143
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: 143 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Brazos Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-03.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,687 | 2 | 0 | 1185.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 825 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,072 | 6 | 0 | 5597.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,102 | 4 | 0 | 1902.9 |
| 2023 Q2 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,203 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,065 | 1 | 0 | 939.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,278 | 2 | 0 | 1564.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,858 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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The full compliance file on Brazos Pit
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.