Mining Incidents

Fort Seldon Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cemex S A
Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902069

Fort Seldon has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
31
significant & substantial
$14,704
proposed penalties
$8,954
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,750 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fort Seldon has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-07-21.
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
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 3,214 6 3 1866.8
2004 Q2 4,349 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,249 4 1 941.4
2003 Q4 4,576 1 0 218.5
2003 Q3 4,621 1 1 216.4
2003 Q2 4,846 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 4,317 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,279 6 5 1402.2
2002 Q3 4,499 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,324 5 2 1156.3
2002 Q1 4,193 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,397 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,549 9 5 1978.5
2001 Q1 4,175 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,030 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,196 9 4 2144.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

February 10, 1992 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwest Paving Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE SENT TO CRUSHER TO HELP INSTALL NEW 1" FLOOR PLATE ON FEEDER. PLATE HUNG UP ON BOLT HOLE. EE PUSHED PLATE FREE BUT IT SWUNG TOWARD HIM, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN PLATE A FEEDER BRACING.

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