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Cinder Mountain Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Volcanic Stone Co · Surface
Controlled by Emilio Chavez
Dumas, Union County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902191

Cinder Mountain Mine has $203K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
305
citations
117
significant & substantial
$202,969
proposed penalties
$153,153
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $49,816 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
76
inspections on record
1,431
inspection hours
21.3
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.
305 citations across 1,431 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cinder Mountain Mine has $203K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K 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.
$203K
proposed penalties
$203K
current assessed
$153K
paid to date
$50K
outstanding
270 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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 10,508 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,050 11 3 1818.2
2025 Q1 6,377 4 1 627.3
2024 Q4 7,788 8 1 1027.2
2024 Q3 9,377 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 9,254 5 0 540.3
2023 Q3 9,117 5 0 548.4
2023 Q2 8,749 0 0 0.0
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 7,790 6 2 770.2
2022 Q4 8,564 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,729 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,281 3 0 362.3
2022 Q1 7,709 5 2 648.6
2021 Q4 6,942 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,465 13 2 1741.5
2021 Q2 8,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,248 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,782 2 1 294.9
2020 Q3 8,663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,479 5 1 589.7
2020 Q1 6,939 3 1 432.3
2019 Q4 5,038 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,268 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,370 10 4 1569.9
2019 Q1 4,341 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,723 5 2 1058.6
2018 Q3 5,636 3 0 532.3
2018 Q2 5,239 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,521 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,216 11 1 2108.9
2017 Q3 5,760 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,091 10 2 1964.3
2017 Q1 4,004 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,688 11 3 2982.6
2016 Q3 5,521 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,418 16 7 3621.5
2016 Q1 3,266 11 5 3368.0
2015 Q4 2,967 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,477 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,655 7 3 1503.8
2015 Q1 3,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,794 21 11 7516.1
2014 Q3 4,652 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,945 3 0 760.5
2014 Q1 1,512 4 1 2645.5
2013 Q4 1,621 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,075 3 0 1445.8
2013 Q2 1,991 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,404 5 3 3561.3
2012 Q4 1,277 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,834 6 3 3271.5
2012 Q2 2,945 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,948 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,500 4 4 1600.0
2011 Q3 5,296 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,119 4 3 781.4
2011 Q1 3,912 2 1 511.2
2010 Q4 2,901 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,223 4 2 1799.4
2010 Q1 2,186 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,951 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,178 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,161 1 0 462.7
2008 Q4 1,869 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,644 2 0 1216.5
2008 Q2 1,862 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,308 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,266 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,109 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,295 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,892 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,766 2 2 1132.5
2005 Q3 1,669 3 0 1797.5
2005 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 150 2 0 13333.3
2004 Q1 230 1 0 4347.8
2003 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 518 18 8 34749.0
2003 Q2 759 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 289 1 0 3460.2
2002 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 483 10 7 20703.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

January 26, 2025 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Volcanic Stone Co · Fall from machine

On 1/26/25, 3 employees were at the worksite to install a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt was lifted from the back end to be suspended approx. 20 ft in the air and the front was on the ground. EE walked up the conveyor belt while it was suspended to take some measurements. EE lost EE's balance and fell around approx. 10:00 am.

January 26, 2025 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Volcanic Stone Co · Fall from machine

On 1/26/25, EE & 2 co-workers were at the worksite to install a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt was lifted from the back end to be suspended aprox. 20 ft in the air & the front was on the ground. EE walked up the conveyor belt while it was suspended to take some measurements. EE lost balance & fell around aprox. 10:00 AM.

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