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Caja del Rio Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Hurworth
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503093

Caja del Rio has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
106
citations
32
significant & substantial
$47,787
proposed penalties
$47,604
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $183 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
44
inspections on record
711
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: 711 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Caja del Rio has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 6 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 151 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 58 1 0 17241.4
2025 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 142 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 499 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 709 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,528 2 0 791.1
2022 Q2 2,086 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,431 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,094 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,140 1 0 877.2
2021 Q1 20 1 0 50000.0
2020 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 196 1 0 5102.0
2019 Q3 1,577 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 296 1 0 3378.4
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,071 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,139 3 0 2633.9
2018 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,565 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,439 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 125 1 1 8000.0
2016 Q4 1,575 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,563 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 937 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 893 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,149 4 1 3481.3
2014 Q3 1,443 7 2 4851.0
2014 Q2 489 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 955 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 122 5 0 40983.6
2012 Q3 2,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,345 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,401 4 2 2855.1
2011 Q3 139 3 0 21582.7
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 2,458 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,316 2 0 603.1
2009 Q1 3,414 2 0 585.8
2008 Q4 3,187 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,886 21 11 7276.5
2008 Q2 2,714 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,544 8 3 5181.3
2007 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,787 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,895 6 2 3166.2
2007 Q1 1,428 2 1 1400.6
2006 Q4 1,620 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,778 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,321 2 0 602.2
2006 Q1 1,850 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,920 1 0 520.8
2005 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 840 4 0 4761.9
2004 Q3 2,800 1 0 357.1
2004 Q2 19,088 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,931 2 0 1035.7
2003 Q3 2,100 1 1 476.2
2003 Q2 1,700 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,000 15 7 7500.0
2002 Q3 3,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,200 3 1 2500.0
2002 Q1 1,620 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 500 1 0 2000.0
2001 Q3 4,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 25, 2022 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
DelHur Industries, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee pinched right ring finger while using a pry-bar. EE's finger was pinched between the steel frame and the pry-bar.

1996 · 1 incident

February 29, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
DelHur Industries, Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

DURING AN ADJUSTMENT TO A CONVEYOR BELT WIPER, THE WIPER JAMMED THE HEADPULLY & STALLED IT. WHENTHE HEADPULLY STALLED; THE TURNBUCKLE THAT HOLDS& ADJUSTS THE GEAR BOX BROKE, ALLOWING THE GEAR BOX TO ROTATE ON THE HEADPULLY SHAFT. THE ADJUSTING TUBE FOR THE WIPER WAS IN LINE WITH THE GEARBOX. THE GEAR BOX ROTATED & STRUCK THE FINGERS, SEVERING LITTLE & RING FINGERS AT 1ST JOINT.

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