Desert Valley Inc has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
36
significant & substantial
$19,737
proposed penalties
$18,286
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,451 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
1,009
inspection hours
11.0
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.
111 citations across 1,009 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Desert Valley Inc has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
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.
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: 2025-07-08
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sand Filler (Wet)
2025-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-10-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
1.42
0.54
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.28
0.09
Supervisor, Co. Official
2008-12-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-12-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.47
0.10
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-08-29
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
6
2024
5
2023
4
2022
4
2021
3
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
2
2013
2
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
3
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Desert Valley Inc sits in Luna County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 5.4% 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.
Luna County, New Mexico · Population 25,420
5.4%
Mining share of county employment
$37,917
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
Was found on floor unconscious in the restroom, admininstered CPR until paramedics arrived and was transported to hospital at which time EE later that evening died.