Mining Incidents

Cordova Pit Metal/Non-Metal

DMS&G LLC · Surface
Controlled by Danny V Maestas
Los Lunas, Valencia County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902294

Cordova Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $609 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 2006
52
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,212
proposed penalties
$5,603
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $609 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
44
inspections on record
412
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: 412 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cordova Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $609 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$609
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-16.
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 1,442 1 0 693.5
2025 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,357 2 0 1473.8
2025 Q1 1,942 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,962 2 1 1019.4
2024 Q3 1,965 1 0 508.9
2024 Q2 1,465 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,395 0 0 0.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,365 2 0 1465.2
2023 Q3 1,360 2 0 1470.6
2023 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,350 1 0 740.7
2022 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,343 3 0 2233.8
2021 Q4 2,004 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,560 1 0 390.6
2021 Q1 2,590 1 0 386.1
2020 Q4 1,580 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,700 2 0 1176.5
2020 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,382 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 980 3 0 3061.2
2019 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,038 1 0 963.4
2019 Q1 1,486 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,395 4 0 2867.4
2018 Q3 1,292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,405 1 0 711.7
2018 Q1 1,372 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,459 1 0 685.4
2017 Q3 1,086 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,350 1 0 740.7
2017 Q1 1,214 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,392 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,494 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 510 1 0 1960.8
2015 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,315 1 0 432.0
2015 Q1 1,370 3 0 2189.8
2014 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,143 4 1 3499.6
2014 Q2 773 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 854 1 0 1171.0
2013 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 764 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 595 1 0 1680.7
2013 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 576 1 0 1736.1
2012 Q3 560 1 0 1785.7
2012 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 449 3 2 6681.5
2011 Q3 912 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 916 3 0 3275.1
2011 Q1 916 1 0 1091.7
2010 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 902 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 916 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,260 1 0 793.7
2009 Q3 1,364 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,376 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 672 2 0 2976.2
2006 Q3 1,392 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,464 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 960 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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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.