Mining Incidents

Hooper Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Deming, Luna County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902531

Hooper Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34 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 2021
20
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,864
proposed penalties
$2,830
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
8
inspections on record
97
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: 97 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hooper Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$34
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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
2025 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 150 1 0 6666.7
2025 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 160 6 0 37500.0
2024 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 720 3 0 4166.7
2024 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 157 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 586 3 0 5119.5
2022 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 20 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.

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