Mining Incidents

Fisher Industries Plant 38 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas G Fisher
ANTELOPE WELLS, Grant County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902340

Fisher Industries Plant 38 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2010–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$16,629
proposed penalties
$14,317
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,312 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
37
inspections on record
522
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: 522 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fisher Industries Plant 38 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
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
2025 Q4 4,074 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,964 10 0 3373.8
2025 Q2 1,428 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 466 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 661 3 2 4538.6
2024 Q2 1,278 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 2,332 1 1 428.8
2023 Q2 5,080 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,316 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,670 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,710 1 1 175.1
2022 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,284 1 0 778.8
2021 Q2 935 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,155 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,460 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,384 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,508 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,311 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 405 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,442 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,462 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,412 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,119 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,905 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,009 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1,849 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,998 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,941 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,470 1 1 182.8
2014 Q1 2,696 2 1 741.8
2013 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,682 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,194 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,006 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,002 2 0 499.8
2012 Q3 1,423 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,252 1 0 190.4
2012 Q1 3,062 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,154 1 0 139.8
2011 Q3 8,725 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,037 2 0 331.3
2010 Q4 6,925 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,127 3 0 369.1
2010 Q2 8,762 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,389 5 2 2092.9
2009 Q4 1,716 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,796 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,062 2 1 969.9
2009 Q1 6,267 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,779 3 0 1079.5
2008 Q3 4,435 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,243 2 0 616.7
2008 Q1 3,016 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,195 3 1 577.5
2007 Q3 2,610 2 0 766.3
2007 Q2 15,476 2 1 129.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

2022 · 3 incidents

November 22, 2022 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing dozer bolts

2014 · 1 incident

September 2, 2014 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman ELECTRICAL
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Flash burns (electric)

Employee was changing fuses on panel, fuses touched each other and caused burns to the employee.

2011 · 1 incident

June 10, 2011 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was welding, slag got on EE's boot, resulting in a burn to his top left foot. Went to the doctor and medication was prescribed.

2010 · 1 incident

May 17, 2010 NM · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a tie wire while cleaning debris around screen on crusher, felt a slight twinge in back then was ok. He then woke up with severe back pain the next morning. Went to the doctor and medication was prescribed.

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The full compliance file on Fisher Industries Plant 38

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.