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CUCHILLO PIT: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Howard Bartoo Jr
T or C, Sierra County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901392

CUCHILLO PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
66
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,518
proposed penalties
$6,512
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bartoo Sand & Gravel Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
620
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: 620 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CUCHILLO PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 0 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
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-04.
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.
21.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
53.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 84.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2009-06-02, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.14 0.20 Cleanup Man
2009-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.72 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.71 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.52 0.26 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-02-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 1.28 0.56 Cleanup Man
2006-02-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Bartoo Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 7
2007 6
2006 5
2005 4
2004 5
2003 7
2002 5
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CUCHILLO PIT sits in Sierra County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Sierra County, New Mexico · Population 11,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$37,840
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 0 0 0
2020 Q4 287 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 507 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 495 1 0 2020.2
2020 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 349 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 421 1 0 2375.3
2018 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 105 1 0 9523.8
2017 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 391 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 79 1 0 12658.2
2016 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 175 2 0 11428.6
2016 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 270 1 0 3703.7
2014 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 196 1 0 5102.0
2014 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 167 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 112 3 1 26785.7
2013 Q1 32 2 0 62500.0
2012 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 370 1 0 2702.7
2012 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 321 2 0 6230.5
2011 Q3 352 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 410 1 1 2439.0
2011 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 641 4 3 6240.2
2010 Q3 831 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 845 3 1 3550.3
2010 Q1 849 1 0 1177.9
2009 Q4 481 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 407 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 545 2 0 3669.7
2009 Q1 1,884 2 0 1061.6
2008 Q4 1,078 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,188 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,271 3 0 1321.0
2008 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,215 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,915 1 0 343.1
2007 Q1 3,479 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,785 1 0 560.2
2006 Q2 2,018 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,303 4 1 3069.8
2005 Q4 1,396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,610 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,133 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,530 2 0 1307.2
2004 Q3 1,227 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,478 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,444 5 3 3462.6
2003 Q3 2,083 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,780 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,334 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,284 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,224 2 0 1634.0
2002 Q2 2,357 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,506 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,587 3 1 1890.4
2001 Q3 1,099 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,116 4 2 3584.2
2001 Q1 782 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,210 2 0 1652.9
2000 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,340 5 0 3731.3
2000 Q1 1,151 5 1 4344.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

November 13, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bartoo Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON NOV 13TH 1989 AT APPROX 3:33PM I NAME WAS TAKING A 1963 MICHIGAN LOADER FROM SCREENING PLANT TO MATERIAL PIT LOCATED AT 2016 BROAD TORC NM LOADER WENT OFF A 15 FOOT BANK OVERTURNED ON ITS S IDE RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF LEFT LEG 4IN BELOW KNEE CAP