CAPROCK PIT: 1 recorded fatality
Metal/Non-Metal
CAPROCK PIT has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1986–1991
- Latest incident
- Dec 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 49 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CAPROCK PIT has $55 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
0 |
| 2000 |
1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CAPROCK PIT sits in Lea County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 16.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Lea County, New Mexico · Population 73,154
16.0%
Mining share of county employment
$68,750
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2001 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q4 |
610 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
488 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
569 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
585 |
1 |
0 |
1709.4 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
June 26, 1986
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Caprock Sand & Gravel · Contact with electrical current
ELECTRICAL SHOR7 IN ELECTRIC WELDER IN BED OF PICKUP TRUCK. WHEN WELDER WAS ENERGISED TRUCK WAS GROUNDED & VICTIM HAD HAND ON TRUCK & WAS STANDING ON WET GROUND. CURRENT WENT THROUGH HAND AS W ICTUM MADE A DI9ECT AROUND FROM TRUCK.
Reportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1991 · 1 incident
December 18, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Caprock Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects
LIGHT RAIN CAUSED SLIPERY SURFACE ON FOOTRAIL ON DUMP TRUCK.FOOT SLIPPED WHEN EXITING TRUCK AND ELBOW STRUCK BATTERY BOX.
1990 · 1 incident
Caprock Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
AT PARENT COMPANY SHOP IN TOWN,HAD FINISHED WELDING TIP ON RIPPER SHANK.PLACING SHANK ON FLOOR CAUGHT TOP OF RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGERS UNDER SHANK MASHING IT.