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: 224 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 HW1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $744 in penalties contested before the Commission, $700 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-11-06.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$744 proposed, $700 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-01-19.
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: 2012-12-04, 13 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.04
2.13
1.43
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-12-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Truck Driver
2012-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
1.3
0.42
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.55
0.21
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-12-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.14
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2012-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
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 HW1 recorded 9.05 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
9.05
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.62 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
2009 *
9.05
0.00
0.000
2005 *
16.38
8.19
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
2013
11
2012
21
2011
12
2010
13
2009
18
2008
5
2006
21
2005
8
2004
17
2001
3
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher HW1 sits in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · Population 40,165
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$53,901
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
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
3,017
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,241
6
1
1414.8
2012 Q4
2,988
4
0
1338.7
2012 Q3
5,999
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,767
2
0
419.6
2012 Q1
1,140
1
0
877.2
2011 Q4
593
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3
797
2
0
2509.4
2011 Q2
1,827
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,478
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
730
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
131
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,987
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,703
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,546
4
1
1128.0
2009 Q3
9,617
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,583
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
355
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,455
6
1
1099.9
2008 Q3
1,474
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
16,508
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
13,664
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
37
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
8,773
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
15,642
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
10,739
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
562
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,720
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,822
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2009 · 1 incident
December 7, 2009NM · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TEH EL JAY CRUSHER AND CRUSHER AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
1994 · 1 incident
January 26, 1994NM · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REPLACING LOADER BUCKET TOOTH, EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TOOTH BACK INTO SHANK WITH A HAMMER, PIECE OF TOOTH BROKE OFF AND LODGED IN RIGHT UPPER CHEST.
June 30, 1993NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON