Castillo Pit has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
199
citations
41
significant & substantial
$80,439
proposed penalties
$63,788
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,651 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
88
inspections on record
1,053
inspection hours
18.9
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.
199 citations across 1,053 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Castillo Pit has $80K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 13 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.
$80K
proposed penalties
$67K
current assessed
$64K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
174 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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
3
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6
3
0
500000.0
2024 Q4
3
1
1
333333.3
2024 Q3
139
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
323
1
0
3096.0
2024 Q1
893
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
902
5
0
5543.2
2023 Q3
1,114
1
0
897.7
2023 Q2
1,370
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,494
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
853
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
947
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
577
2
0
3466.2
2022 Q1
538
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
434
1
0
2304.1
2021 Q3
520
1
0
1923.1
2021 Q2
897
2
0
2229.7
2021 Q1
1,066
1
0
938.1
2020 Q4
890
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,172
4
0
3413.0
2020 Q2
1,190
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,022
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,028
5
0
4863.8
2019 Q3
1,133
2
1
1765.2
2019 Q2
2,172
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,168
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,525
2
0
1311.5
2018 Q3
2,154
4
0
1857.0
2018 Q2
2,040
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,460
3
1
2054.8
2017 Q4
1,146
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,160
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,140
4
1
3508.8
2017 Q1
1,108
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,108
5
1
4512.6
2016 Q3
1,220
2
0
1639.3
2016 Q2
1,316
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,348
6
0
4451.0
2015 Q4
1,188
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,348
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,252
4
1
3194.9
2015 Q1
1,348
7
2
5192.9
2014 Q4
1,060
1
0
943.4
2014 Q3
1,252
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,240
20
6
16129.0
2014 Q1
1,124
9
0
8007.1
2013 Q4
1,036
9
0
8687.3
2013 Q3
1,272
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,376
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,252
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,260
9
3
7142.9
2012 Q3
1,458
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,546
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,382
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,296
5
0
3858.0
2011 Q3
1,405
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,417
8
6
5645.7
2011 Q1
1,346
1
0
742.9
2010 Q4
1,396
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,367
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,352
2
0
1479.3
2009 Q2
1,709
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,308
4
0
3058.1
2008 Q4
1,298
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,298
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,298
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,556
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,817
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,729
5
0
2891.8
2007 Q1
1,642
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,413
4
0
2830.9
2006 Q3
1,147
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,124
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,112
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,018
1
0
982.3
2005 Q3
1,056
1
0
947.0
2005 Q2
1,076
9
3
8364.3
2005 Q1
998
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
943
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,042
4
0
3838.8
2003 Q4
1,071
1
0
933.7
2003 Q3
1,164
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,300
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,740
5
2
2873.6
2002 Q4
1,820
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,560
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2026 · 1 incident
March 31, 2026NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
At -12:45 PM, EE cleaned a return idler while a conveyor was running, without supervisor approval. Despite a coworker's warning, EE continued and was pulled into the belt. Coworkers stopped the conveyor and freed EE. EE suffered minor abrasions. Cause: working on moving equipment without lockout/tagout.
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