Mining Incidents

Golisteo River Sand & Gravel: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Galisteo River Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Matt J Miller
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902416

Golisteo River Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $789 outstanding across 2 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 2012
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,575
proposed penalties
$786
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $789 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
119
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: 119 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Golisteo River Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $789 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$786
paid to date
$789
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $362 in penalties contested before the Commission, $362 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-19.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% 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 · 27% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$362 proposed, $362 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 2020-09-16.
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 2020-0233 Default 2021 $246 → $246
CENT 2018-0054 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $116 → $116
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Nash Gold Trucking 2011 to 2017
  2. Galisteo River Sand & Gravel 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Golisteo River Sand & Gravel sits in San Miguel County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
San Miguel County, New Mexico · Population 27,036
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$47,400
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
2021 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 36 2 0 55555.6
2020 Q1 0 0 0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 24 1 1 41666.7
2019 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 12 2 0 166666.7
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12 1 0 83333.3
2015 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 20 1 0 50000.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 146 1 1 6849.3
2013 Q2 341 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 976 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 204 3 1 14705.9
2011 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 241 0 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.