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GM Pipe, LLC: 135 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

GM Pipe, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Gabriel Martinez
Espanola, Rio Arriba County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902331

GM Pipe, LLC has $67K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
135
citations
42
significant & substantial
$66,751
proposed penalties
$55,972
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,779 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See GM Pipe, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
66
inspections on record
718
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: 718 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GM Pipe, LLC has $67K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 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.
$67K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$3
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-04.
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.
31.3%
significant & substantial
9.7%
high negligence or reckless
31.3%
reasonably likely or greater
47.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.2% low, 79.1% moderate, 9.7% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $14K 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 2018-02-06.
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 2016-0344 Settlement Manning 2016 $14K → $3K
CENT 2018-0150 Default Lesnick 2018 $11K → $11K
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: 2026-02-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2026-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2025-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.86 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.55 0.69 Mechanic
2024-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.86 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
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.

GM Pipe, LLC recorded 6.12 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
6.12
total case rate
6.12
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.67 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 6.12 6.12 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. DTT Welding & Excavating Inc 2006 to 2022
  2. GM Pipe, LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 19
2025 16
2024 15
2023 13
2022 8
2021 6
2020 9
2019 6
2018 6
2017 6
2016 5
2015 5
2014 4
2013 4
2012 8
2011 6
2010 7
2009 5
2008 6
2007 4
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GM Pipe, LLC sits in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · Population 40,165
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$53,901
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 4,329 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10,815 5 1 462.3
2025 Q4 7,098 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,565 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,934 3 1 302.0
2025 Q1 8,077 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,304 3 0 361.3
2024 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,386 1 1 156.6
2024 Q1 6,382 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,876 9 3 1845.8
2023 Q3 6,545 1 0 152.8
2023 Q2 6,024 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10,417 10 3 960.0
2022 Q4 5,725 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,950 3 1 606.1
2022 Q2 2,275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,142 3 0 2627.0
2021 Q4 1,352 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,246 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,165 1 1 461.9
2021 Q1 1,951 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,139 1 0 467.5
2020 Q3 2,092 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,962 1 0 509.7
2019 Q4 1,636 5 0 3056.2
2019 Q3 1,938 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,110 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 829 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,916 2 1 1043.8
2018 Q3 1,840 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,075 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,178 6 3 2754.8
2017 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,681 6 1 3569.3
2017 Q1 2,206 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,108 5 2 2371.9
2016 Q3 1,976 2 0 1012.1
2016 Q2 2,095 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,556 5 2 3213.4
2015 Q4 2,527 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,977 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,005 8 1 7960.2
2015 Q1 2,006 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,533 7 3 4566.2
2014 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,810 6 2 3314.9
2014 Q1 1,513 6 2 3965.6
2013 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,515 2 0 1320.1
2013 Q2 1,524 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,586 1 0 630.5
2012 Q4 1,342 2 0 1490.3
2012 Q3 2,190 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,761 4 3 2271.4
2012 Q1 2,660 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,366 5 2 2113.3
2011 Q3 1,828 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,197 4 2 1820.7
2011 Q1 2,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,336 5 2 2140.4
2010 Q3 1,756 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,173 3 1 2557.5
2009 Q3 1,533 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,732 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,931 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,945 4 2 2056.6
2008 Q3 1,688 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,059 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,740 3 2 1724.1
2007 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 904 2 0 2212.4
2006 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 4, 2025 NM · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
GM Pipe, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Two employees going against lockout/tagout policy to remove pieces of shredded belt on 3/4" conveyor belt resulting in a deep arm laceration that required surgery to re-attach muscle and tendons

2017 · 1 incident

February 22, 2017 NM · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
DTT Welding & Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Men were working on a M99 Mac Dump Truck removing spring pad belt from spring. EE was kneeling down on the right back end of the truck next to bindle hitch, when the truck started to shift to the right, slipping off blocks pushing towards ee shoulder.

2010 · 1 incident

July 19, 2010 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTT Welding & Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

Truck Driver was stepping out of his truck, he slipped on the last step, fell, and broke his arm.