Mining Incidents

CHERRY CREEK Metal/Non-Metal

BALMORHEA TX, Reeves County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105311

CHERRY CREEK has $7K 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
32
citations
5
significant & substantial
$7,394
proposed penalties
$7,394
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
16
inspections on record
194
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: 194 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHERRY CREEK has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
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 2,424 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,175 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,629 2 0 1227.7
2025 Q1 1,191 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 893 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,015 1 0 985.2
2024 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,039 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,190 3 0 2521.0
2023 Q2 1,532 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,804 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,242 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,361 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,550 3 0 1935.5
2022 Q1 1,518 1 0 658.8
2021 Q4 883 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,105 5 1 4524.9
2021 Q2 1,285 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,703 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,509 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,799 7 2 3891.1
2020 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 243 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,357 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,829 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,763 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,301 8 2 1860.0
2018 Q1 2,340 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.

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