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: 937 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
3
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-07-13.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Crusher 10 has $450K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K outstanding across 25 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.
$450K
proposed penalties
$241K
current assessed
$224K
paid to date
$18K
outstanding
226 assessments are final orders; 25 contested dockets.
Of $403K in penalties contested before the Commission, $193K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-02.
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.
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.
136citations taken to the federal commission · 56% of citations on record
Settled
113 · 83%
Stood as issued
19 · 14%
Vacated or withdrawn
4 · 3%
77%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 65 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$411K proposed, $195K 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 2020-05-17.
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.
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: 2019-09-25, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.75
10
0.08
Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-05-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.86
10
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.84
10
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-05-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.85
10
0.09
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Tractor Operator
2017-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.72
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
1.75
0.34
Laborer, Bullgang
2015-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
2.94
0.21
Truck Driver
2015-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
2.05
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.73
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Crusher 10 recorded 24.91 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ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.
24.91
total case rate
8.30
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.33 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
2019 *
24.91
8.30
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
8.52
8.52
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
8.47
8.47
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
4
2020
7
2019
9
2018
9
2017
9
2016
10
2015
19
2014
10
2013
13
2012
12
2011
10
2010
9
2009
13
2008
9
2007
11
2006
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher 10 sits in Valencia County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Valencia County, New Mexico · Population 77,382
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,333
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
2021 Q3
174
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
501
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
656
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,666
7
1
1909.4
2020 Q1
7,005
8
2
1142.0
2019 Q4
5,116
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,716
9
4
1908.4
2019 Q2
6,206
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1
8,049
11
1
1366.6
2018 Q4
4,402
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,617
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,462
9
2
1392.8
2018 Q1
5,542
1
1
180.4
2017 Q4
5,603
13
6
2320.2
2017 Q3
5,045
15
3
2973.2
2017 Q2
7,193
14
4
1946.3
2017 Q1
5,644
3
0
531.5
2016 Q4
5,479
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,300
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,470
11
4
1700.2
2016 Q1
7,119
8
3
1123.8
2015 Q4
6,915
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,153
6
1
1164.4
2015 Q2
6,083
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,762
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,369
10
5
1570.1
2014 Q3
5,618
19
4
3382.0
2014 Q2
6,012
1
0
166.3
2014 Q1
5,605
13
5
2319.4
2013 Q4
6,298
17
9
2699.3
2013 Q3
9,208
9
8
977.4
2013 Q2
7,482
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,817
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,593
5
4
894.0
2012 Q3
7,710
19
9
2464.3
2012 Q2
7,668
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,388
1
1
227.9
2011 Q4
3,495
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,982
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,520
1
0
181.2
2011 Q1
6,333
6
2
947.4
2010 Q4
4,757
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,399
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,845
2
0
342.2
2010 Q1
5,808
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,206
3
1
713.3
2009 Q3
6,195
4
0
645.7
2009 Q2
5,836
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,479
12
1
1852.1
2008 Q4
5,289
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,029
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,951
1
0
253.1
2008 Q1
5,299
1
0
188.7
2007 Q4
4,986
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,199
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,129
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
6,093
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,395
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,140
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
485
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2019 · 3 incidents
June 10, 2019NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Cone crusher got plugged up with rocks, employee was getting rocks out of cone crusher, footing slipped and fell over ring of cone, ended up going to Urgent Care.
Employee was working on a piece of equipment when a breaker was tripped by another employee flipped the breaker while the employee's hand was in the area of work(belt)and it cut the pad of the employee's right middle finger tip. Employees were not following Lock Out/Tag Out procedures.