Mining Incidents

Eagle Mesa Mine: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rammsco Operations Inc. · Surface
Controlled by David Williams
Cuba, Sandoval County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902231

Eagle Mesa Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $266 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
34
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,351
proposed penalties
$3,085
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $266 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
40
inspections on record
270
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: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle Mesa Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $266 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$266
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-08.
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.
11.8%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
20.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 8.8% none, 5.9% low, 79.4% moderate, 5.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Rammsco Inc. 2001 to 2009
  2. Rammsco Operations Inc. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Mesa Mine sits in Sandoval County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Sandoval County, New Mexico · Population 151,538
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$84,053
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
2026 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 181 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 601 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 601 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 521 2 0 3838.8
2022 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 523 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 463 2 0 4319.7
2020 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 577 6 0 10398.6
2019 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 182 2 0 10989.0
2017 Q2 483 2 1 4140.8
2017 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 395 2 0 5063.3
2016 Q2 338 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 115 3 0 26087.0
2014 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 109 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 59 1 0 16949.2
2012 Q4 404 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 64 1 0 15625.0
2012 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 65 3 1 46153.8
2010 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 69 4 1 57971.0
2009 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 62 1 0 16129.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.