Mining Incidents

Casino Mine: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bar J Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Ted Martinez
Bernalillo, Sandoval County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900178

Casino Mine has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
15
significant & substantial
$6,308
proposed penalties
$6,129
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $179 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
553
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: 553 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Casino Mine has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $508 in penalties contested before the Commission, $508 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.4%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
25.4%
reasonably likely or greater
45.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.5% low, 88.1% moderate, 3.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$508 proposed, $508 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-01-17.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2014-161M Dismissal Lesnick 2015 $508 → $508
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2011-06-02, 15 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz53 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-08-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 29.48 10 2.95 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 28.23 10 2.82 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 57.95 10 5.80 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 2.98 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 3.26 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-12-07 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.67 10 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-07 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.9 10 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.82 10 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 2.96 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.2 3.21 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ernest Teeter Trucking Inc 1950 to 1997
  2. Bar J Sand & Gravel 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
2002 3
2001 7
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Casino Mine sits in Sandoval County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Sandoval County, New Mexico · Population 151,538
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$84,053
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 460 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 418 6 2 14354.1
2013 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2012 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2011 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 320 1 0 3125.0
2011 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2010 Q3 480 5 1 10416.7
2010 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 600 3 0 5000.0
2009 Q3 922 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 960 2 0 2083.3
2008 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 928 1 0 1077.6
2007 Q3 1,452 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 998 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,018 4 0 3929.3
2006 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,140 2 0 1754.4
2006 Q1 1,074 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,204 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 924 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 993 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,102 1 1 907.4
2004 Q2 1,201 6 2 4995.8
2004 Q1 961 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,526 1 0 181.0
2003 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,226 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 920 2 2 2173.9
2002 Q2 1,126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,792 4 0 1432.7
2001 Q2 800 9 1 11250.0
2001 Q1 954 2 1 2096.4
2000 Q4 865 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,149 12 5 10443.9
2000 Q1 1,328 0 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.