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CR #1: 164 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

C & E Concrete Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walter L Meech
Grants, Cibola County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2901460

CR #1 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 33 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1993–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
164
citations
31
significant & substantial
$23,864
proposed penalties
$19,186
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,678 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See C & E Concrete Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,601
inspection hours
10.2
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.
164 citations across 1,601 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CR #1 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 33 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 33 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
18.9%
significant & substantial
1.2%
high negligence or reckless
19.5%
reasonably likely or greater
58.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 18.9% low, 79.3% moderate, 1.2% 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.
94 citations taken to the federal commission · 57% of citations on record
  • Settled 62 · 66%
  • Stood as issued 12 · 13%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 8 · 9%
  • Still open 12 · 13%
41%
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 22 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $9K 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 2026-04-30.
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 2012-471M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $839
CENT 2009-477M Settlement Manning 2011 $1K → $1K
CENT20030177M Dismissal Zielinski 2003 $1K → $665
CENT 2011-138M Settlement Tureck 2012 $900 → $600
CENT 2004-62-M Settlement Zielinski 2004 $813 → $601
CENT 2016-0466 Settlement McCarthy 2017 $807 → $807
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: 2024-08-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
55
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz18
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (55)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-08-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-10-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-03-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.28 Cleanup Man
2022-03-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-04-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 Bobcat Operator
2019-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2017-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-12-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2015-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2015-12-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-04-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-12-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Wagon Drill Operator
2009-12-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.04 0.19 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 3.06 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.67 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-05-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.68 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Truck Driver
2007-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2006-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2006-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2006-04-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Bagging Operator
2005-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 2.67 0.29 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2005-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.42 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 1.55 0.37 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.41 0.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-06-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.85 0.11 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.

CR #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.67 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. C & E Concrete Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 27
2025 25
2024 24
2023 25
2022 35
2021 34
2020 28
2019 26
2018 29
2017 33
2016 37
2015 33
2014 32
2013 36
2012 37
2011 31
2010 26
2009 29
2008 29
2007 22
2006 21
2005 18
2004 23
2003 20
2002 17
2001 16
2000 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CR #1 sits in Cibola County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Cibola County, New Mexico · Population 27,059
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$51,765
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
2026 Q2 15,487 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 11,652 3 0 257.5
2025 Q4 14,106 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 12,121 9 3 742.5
2025 Q2 14,451 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,367 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 13,958 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,486 1 1 80.1
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 14,701 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,632 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 12,391 5 0 403.5
2023 Q3 11,067 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 13,020 4 0 307.2
2023 Q1 9,646 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 13,477 2 0 148.4
2022 Q3 15,466 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 13,514 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 13,047 1 0 76.6
2021 Q4 15,488 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 17,169 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12,455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 12,187 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 14,328 1 0 69.8
2020 Q3 15,565 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12,443 1 0 80.4
2020 Q1 13,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12,432 1 0 80.4
2019 Q3 13,959 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10,399 2 0 192.3
2019 Q1 11,357 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,803 1 0 92.6
2018 Q3 13,439 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 12,813 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 14,497 2 0 138.0
2017 Q4 14,500 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 17,816 6 1 336.8
2017 Q2 12,529 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 17,255 2 0 115.9
2016 Q4 16,449 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 19,005 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 20,633 2 0 96.9
2016 Q1 16,023 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 18,488 4 1 216.4
2015 Q3 17,713 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 17,566 2 0 113.9
2015 Q1 12,332 3 0 243.3
2014 Q4 13,865 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 15,180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 20,705 8 1 386.4
2014 Q1 14,192 5 1 352.3
2013 Q4 21,928 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 21,399 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 25,047 3 0 119.8
2013 Q1 17,275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 21,835 3 0 137.4
2012 Q3 27,032 4 0 148.0
2012 Q2 22,971 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 19,571 3 0 153.3
2011 Q4 19,330 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 21,116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 15,345 2 0 130.3
2011 Q1 11,057 1 0 90.4
2010 Q4 13,468 2 0 148.5
2010 Q3 18,059 6 0 332.2
2010 Q2 10,760 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,805 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 13,853 1 0 72.2
2009 Q3 17,447 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,443 10 1 803.7
2009 Q1 9,657 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 13,085 11 2 840.7
2008 Q3 15,987 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,947 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,745 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,673 3 0 345.9
2007 Q3 9,149 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,530 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,499 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,636 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,565 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,816 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,596 2 0 303.2
2005 Q3 7,063 7 1 991.1
2005 Q2 6,798 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,348 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,696 2 1 206.3
2004 Q3 11,158 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,316 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10,428 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 14,363 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,103 8 5 720.5
2003 Q2 10,194 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,678 2 0 187.3
2002 Q3 8,137 1 0 122.9
2002 Q2 7,750 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,437 21 12 3262.4
2001 Q4 8,605 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,065 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,019 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,472 1 0 105.6
2000 Q2 9,525 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,629 1 0 150.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 21, 2016 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking beside the loader when stepped on a rock and started to fall, catching self with right arm by grabbing the loader hand rail causing injuries to right shoulder

2007 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2007 NM · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & E Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was drilling and shoveling when he felt a pain on his left hip, this pain had been on him for a week or so but not as saver.

August 27, 2007 NM · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Concrete Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down from conveyor belt, slipped off and fell back landing on a dirt pile hurting his lower left back.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2006 NM · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & E Concrete Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was Moving a 55 Gallon drum of oil onto a dolly and felt a pull on his left side stomach when he pulled on it.

June 16, 2006 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & E Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking from the dust plant to the scale house, when he slipped and twisted his left ankle.

2005 · 1 incident

September 1, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & E Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Unloading 50 lbs bags. Hurt left shoulder.

1993 · 1 incident

October 5, 1993 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
C & E Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A LIMESTONE BOULDER. WITH A JACKHAMMER POWERED BY A COMPRESSOR. EE AND OTHER HEARD A POP SO THEY RAN TO HIS AID. OTHER SAW EE LYING ON THE GROUND, RAN TO HIM AND HELP ED HIM TO THIS FEET. THEY ALL HELPED EE TO THE PICKUP AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. SECULATION: JACK HAMMER FLEW UP AND HIT HIS CHIN AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN.