Mining Incidents

Highway 70 Pit Plant: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

McNutt Construction · Surface
Controlled by Jim Mc Nutt
Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2900423

Highway 70 Pit Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2003
45
citations
14
significant & substantial
$4,566
proposed penalties
$4,566
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
430
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: 430 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Highway 70 Pit Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-26.
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.
32.6%
significant & substantial
7.0%
high negligence or reckless
32.6%
reasonably likely or greater
39.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.6% low, 81.4% moderate, 7.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Associated Materials Company 1950 to 1994
  2. McNutt Construction 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 0
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Highway 70 Pit Plant sits in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 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.
Doña Ana County, New Mexico · Population 221,665
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$55,663
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 20 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 1 0
2024 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 3 0
2024 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 42 1 0 23809.5
2021 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 40 1 0 25000.0
2020 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 120 1 0 8333.3
2019 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 180 3 0 16666.7
2016 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 320 1 0 3125.0
2015 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 160 1 1 6250.0
2012 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 4 2 16666.7
2011 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 180 2 0 11111.1
2009 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 320 1 1 3125.0
2009 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 421 3 2 7125.9
2007 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 480 3 2 6250.0
2006 Q4 470 3 1 6383.0
2006 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 480 5 4 10416.7
2005 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 360 1 0 2777.8
2005 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 690 2 1 2898.6
2004 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 640 2 0 3125.0
2003 Q4 640 2 0 3125.0
2003 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 340 1 0 2941.2
2002 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 200 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.