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Higareda: 89 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Higareda · Surface
Controlled by Manuel Higareda
El Paso, Tx., El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103808

Higareda has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
89
citations
40
significant & substantial
$25,153
proposed penalties
$4,105
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,048 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
422
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: 422 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Higareda has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 0 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-22.
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.
45.5%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
45.5%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.3% low, 79.5% moderate, 18.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2010-09-15, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.76 0.47 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.66 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.64 0.33 Utility Man
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.77 0.25 Utility Man
2003-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.45 0.49 Utility Man
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.58 0.47 Utility 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.
Ownership history
  1. Avila Mine 1994 to 2012
  2. Higareda 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2017 3
2016 4
2015 4
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Higareda sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 223 4 1 17937.2
2016 Q4 513 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 553 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 533 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 623 3 1 4815.4
2015 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 450 2 1 4444.4
2015 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 554 8 4 14440.4
2013 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 624 4 1 6410.3
2011 Q2 130 4 2 30769.2
2011 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 130 8 4 61538.5
2010 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 130 1 1 7692.3
2009 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 130 4 0 30769.2
2009 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 130 1 0 7692.3
2006 Q4 130 4 1 30769.2
2006 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 130 1 0 7692.3
2005 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 130 5 4 38461.5
2004 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 130 7 3 53846.2
2002 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 130 3 3 23076.9
2001 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 130 8 5 61538.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

March 25, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Avila Mine · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE had been drinking on Sunday and he slept in the small mobile home on the mine site. He was burned up in mobile home. He did not work that Sunday.