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.
Douglas Pit has $730 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$730
proposed penalties
$730
current assessed
$730
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-08-01.
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.
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: 2004-04-21, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.38
0.10
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
2.09
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer 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.
Douglas Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.01 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.
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
2006
3
2005
3
2004
6
2003
9
2002
7
2001
8
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Douglas Pit sits in Eddy County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Eddy County, New Mexico · Population 61,114
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,605
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
2006 Q2
298
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
398
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
344
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
201
2
0
9950.2
2005 Q2
717
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
737
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
748
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,570
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2
4,233
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
6,571
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,360
1
0
297.6
2003 Q3
4,061
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,528
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
8,159
5
0
612.8
2002 Q3
3,084
1
0
324.3
2002 Q2
3,186
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,374
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,213
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,099
1
0
322.7
2001 Q2
3,897
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,433
3
0
552.2
2000 Q4
5,791
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,708
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,413
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
1996 · 1 incident
February 23, 1996NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
INJURED WAS OPERATING IN SERVICE TRUCK AT THE CRUSHER. HE HAD PARKED BEHIND THE WATER TRUCK AT THE CRUSHER SITE. A PICK UP DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PARKED BEHIND THE SERVICE TRUCK. EMPLO YEE OPERATING BACKHOE AT THE CRUSHER MOTIONED FOR THE WATER TRUCK TO PULL FORWARD AT THE TIME INJURED PUT HIS TRUCK IN REVERSE AND BACK INTO THE PICK-UP DRIVEN BY EMPLOYEE.
1995 · 1 incident
May 17, 1995NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS STIRRING CHEMICALS AT SAND PLANT WITH PRESSURE HOSE. HOSE BACK PRESSURED AND WHIPPED AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE FACIAL AREA. KNOCKED HIM DOWN ON LEFT ARM. RECEIVED BROKEN ARM, BRUISED RIBS, FACIAL BRUISES AND TEETH KNOCKED IN.
1991 · 1 incident
October 1, 1991NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Constructors Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS ON THE TAIL PULLEY OF STACKER BELT CHECKING GEAR BOX ON SCREW WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL TO THE GROUND APPROX 4-5FT
1990 · 3 incidents
December 17, 1990NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY REMOVING LARGE ROCKS FROM CRUSHER FEEDER BELT. ROCK ROLLED OFF BELT ONTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURING THE BIG TOE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE A STEEL TOE SHOE, AS REQIR ED.
March 8, 1990NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A BELT UNDER THE CRUSHER CHUTE, HE ATTEMPTED TO CUT A HOLE IN THE BELT WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE. POCKET KNIFE FOLDED, CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
BUSTING ROCKS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER PIECE OF ROCK CHIPPED OFF & FLEW INTO RT EYE DID NOT LODGE IN EYE BUT DID CAUSE IRRITATION & A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIBOTIC WAS ISSUED BY PHYSICIAN
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE OLD CONCRETE. AIR HOSE CAMBE LOOSE FROM COUPLING. HOSE HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH CAUSING A CUT IN THE UPPER LIP. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT INTERNATIONA L MINE CORP. (I.M.C.C.).