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: 183 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 #7 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-02-01.
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.
19citations taken to the federal commission · 46% of citations on record
Settled
13 · 68%
Stood as issued
5 · 26%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 5%
70%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2012-04-13.
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: 2007-03-22, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-03-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.18
1.35
0.87
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-03-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.74
0.32
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
0
2014
2
2013
2
2012
6
2011
2
2010
4
2009
5
2008
2
2007
6
2006
4
2005
7
2004
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher #7 sits in Torrance County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Torrance County, New Mexico · Population 15,290
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$46,250
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
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
360
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,022
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
799
6
3
7509.4
2011 Q4
80
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3
0
1
0
2011 Q2
786
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
768
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
507
5
0
9861.9
2010 Q3
1,289
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
115
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
120
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
39
2
0
51282.1
2009 Q2
1,878
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
790
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,107
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
180
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
816
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,659
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,762
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,547
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,192
7
4
2193.0
2006 Q4
2,328
7
4
3006.9
2006 Q3
2,944
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,212
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,363
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,296
1
0
435.5
2005 Q3
2,830
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,174
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,374
4
2
1684.9
2004 Q4
2,379
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,827
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,887
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,169
8
4
6843.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2011 · 1 incident
January 17, 2011NM · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS