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Crusher 3: 58 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Artesis, NM, Eddy County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902311

Crusher 3 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
58
citations
19
significant & substantial
$11,394
proposed penalties
$11,394
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sweatt Construction, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
26
inspections on record
235
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: 235 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher 3 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-12-09.
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.
32.8%
significant & substantial
17.2%
high negligence or reckless
32.8%
reasonably likely or greater
39.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.6% low, 74.1% moderate, 17.2% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 11 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 8%
100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K 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 2011-12-27.
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 2011-537M Settlement Manning 2012 $2K → $2K
CENT 2011-846M Settlement Manning 2012 $1K → $1K
CENT 2011-1054M Settlement Manning 2012 $807 → $807
CENT 2012-256M Default Lesnick 2012 $300 → $300
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: 2013-08-06, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 2.83 0.14 Bulldozer Operator
2013-08-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.02 2.05 0.50 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.
Ownership history
  1. Livingston Land LLC 2006 to 2012
  2. Sweatt Construction, Inc. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 3
2020 3
2019 5
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 5
2014 3
2013 4
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2006 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher 3 sits in Eddy County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Eddy County, New Mexico · Population 61,114
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,605
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 Q1 403 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 574 1 0 1742.2
2020 Q3 1,465 5 1 3413.0
2020 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 693 2 0 2886.0
2019 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,320 1 0 431.0
2019 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,250 5 0 2222.2
2018 Q3 1,969 1 0 507.9
2018 Q2 2,045 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,097 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,597 2 1 770.1
2017 Q2 3,336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,859 4 1 2151.7
2016 Q4 3,118 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,977 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,670 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,281 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 464 3 2 6465.5
2015 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,173 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,105 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 525 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,185 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,386 2 0 1443.0
2013 Q1 5,460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,623 2 2 762.5
2012 Q2 2,380 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q1 2,035 3 1 1474.2
2010 Q4 2,041 9 2 4409.6
2010 Q3 1,114 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,418 3 2 2115.7
2010 Q1 1,129 6 6 5314.4
2009 Q4 853 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,435 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,590 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,004 6 1 5976.1
2008 Q4 1,544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,332 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,612 3 0 1148.5
2006 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

April 1, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sweatt Construction, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Back was hurt due to trying to move a electric motor out of the way

March 22, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sweatt Construction, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Back hurt while loading empty oxygen bottle into pickup bed. Continued working. About 1 hour later climbing from conveyor, jumped final 1 foot to ground causing further back pain.