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Felix Pit: 224 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

American Aggregate · Surface
Controlled by Sharlotte A Rierson
Hagerman, NM., Chaves County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901924

Felix Pit has $65K in proposed MSHA penalties and $47K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
224
citations
40
significant & substantial
$65,437
proposed penalties
$18,543
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $46,894 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
109
inspections on record
1,078
inspection hours
20.8
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.
224 citations across 1,078 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Felix Pit has $65K in proposed MSHA penalties and $47K outstanding across 3 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.
$65K
proposed penalties
$65K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$47K
outstanding
213 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-17.
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.
18.8%
significant & substantial
14.6%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
56.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.4% low, 84.0% moderate, 14.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 83%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 17%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
14%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-08-04.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2008-520M Settlement Miller 2011 $873 → $671
CENT 2008-521M Settlement Miller 2011 $400 → $400
CENT 2020-0207 Dismissal Simonton 2021 $150 → $150
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-08-23, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 Mechanic
2021-11-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2016-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2016-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2013-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.38 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.14 0.18 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. Interstate Paving 1983 to 1984
  2. Beavers Sand & Gravel Of Roswell Inc 1984 to 1989
  3. Booher Sand & Gravel 1989 to 2007
  4. American Aggregate 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 4
2023 8
2022 9
2021 8
2020 7
2019 6
2018 7
2017 7
2016 7
2015 5
2014 6
2013 7
2012 8
2011 4
2010 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 3
2005 4
2004 5
2003 7
2002 9
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Felix Pit sits in Chaves County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Chaves County, New Mexico · Population 64,446
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$52,029
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
2024 Q2 1,614 1 0 619.6
2024 Q1 1,090 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,309 5 0 1160.4
2023 Q3 3,318 3 1 904.2
2023 Q2 3,023 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,959 2 0 675.9
2022 Q4 2,518 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,455 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 3,243 4 0 1233.4
2022 Q1 2,754 3 3 1089.3
2021 Q4 3,382 5 3 1478.4
2021 Q3 2,829 1 0 353.5
2021 Q2 2,785 12 3 4308.8
2021 Q1 2,255 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,900 8 0 2758.6
2020 Q3 2,769 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,522 4 0 1586.0
2020 Q1 2,255 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,449 7 1 2858.3
2019 Q3 2,439 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,410 5 1 2074.7
2019 Q1 2,087 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,108 6 1 2846.3
2018 Q3 2,236 2 0 894.5
2018 Q2 1,443 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,610 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 996 6 0 6024.1
2017 Q3 1,316 4 0 3039.5
2017 Q2 3,243 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,839 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,833 5 0 1764.9
2016 Q3 3,292 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,580 4 1 1117.3
2016 Q1 3,149 9 1 2858.1
2015 Q4 2,513 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,234 2 0 895.3
2015 Q2 2,098 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,586 2 0 1261.0
2014 Q4 1,888 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,668 7 3 2623.7
2014 Q1 2,162 3 1 1387.6
2013 Q4 1,944 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,745 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,767 2 0 722.8
2013 Q1 2,918 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,187 4 2 1255.1
2012 Q3 2,963 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,553 2 0 783.4
2012 Q1 2,096 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,089 6 2 2872.2
2011 Q3 1,655 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,735 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,421 5 2 3518.6
2010 Q4 1,472 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,046 6 2 5736.1
2010 Q2 2,069 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,046 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,336 2 1 1497.0
2008 Q3 1,483 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,910 5 1 2617.8
2007 Q4 2,044 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,676 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,761 5 0 2839.3
2007 Q1 1,437 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 985 14 3 14213.2
2006 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,735 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,814 2 0 1102.5
2005 Q2 1,709 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,590 9 3 5660.4
2004 Q2 1,769 8 0 4522.3
2004 Q1 1,872 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,090 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,036 2 0 658.8
2003 Q2 3,239 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,067 10 0 3260.5
2002 Q4 3,332 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,227 4 1 1239.5
2002 Q2 3,333 5 0 1500.2
2002 Q1 3,315 1 0 301.7
2001 Q4 3,033 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,465 1 1 288.6
2001 Q2 2,845 2 0 703.0
2001 Q1 3,095 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,904 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,675 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,392 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,683 14 3 5218.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

August 24, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Beavers Sand & Gravel Of Roswell Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS PUTTING A D-8 CAT ON A TAILER & IT SLIP OFF & GOT TURNED & TWISTED IN THE PROSERS HER HURT BACK & SHOULDERS

July 13, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Beavers Sand & Gravel Of Roswell Inc · Struck against stationary object

ENOK WAS WIRJUBG IB CGAUB ABD GE KIST FIITAGE ABD SLIPPED INTO MACHINE AND CUT FINGER R INDEX O

1986 · 1 incident