Mining Incidents

Donna Mountain Metal/Non-Metal

Acme Brick Company · Surface
Controlled by Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901580

Donna Mountain has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
25
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,768
proposed penalties
$3,588
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $180 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
218
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: 218 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Donna Mountain has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$180
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-03-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2007 Q1 1,728 3 0 1736.1
2006 Q4 873 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,531 4 3 1580.4
2006 Q2 2,189 2 1 913.7
2006 Q1 1,954 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,614 8 1 4956.6
2005 Q2 1,973 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 833 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,729 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 277 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 898 4 4 4454.3
2003 Q3 898 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,334 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,089 4 2 1914.8
2002 Q1 2,082 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 886 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,343 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,047 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 28, 2006 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Santa Fe Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE MACK TRUCK UNDER BINS THAT ARE SUSPENDED WITH I-BEAMS. HE GOT CLOSE TO THE BEAMS & THE LUG NUTS ON THE TIRE CAUGHT THE BEAM. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF HIS HANDS INJURING HIS RT. THUMB.

1985 · 2 incidents

December 11, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Big Chief Stone Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS UNLO5DING A CONVEYOR AND MOTOR OFF A FLATBED TRAILER A LOADER WAS ALSO BEING USED TO EHELP THE LOADER HIT THE CONVEYOR KNOCKING IT AND I NAME OFF THE FLATBED THE CONVEYOR HIT I N NAME 3

December 11, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Chief Stone Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS HELP3NG TO UNLOAD A C ONVEYOR AND MOTOR OFF A FLATBED TRAILER,A LOADER WAS ALSO BEING USED TO HELP.WHEN THE LOADER HIT THE CONVEYOR,AI NAME JUMPED OFF THE TRAILER SO THAT THE CONVE YOR WOULDN'T FA5L ON HIM.

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The full compliance file on Donna Mountain

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.