Mining Incidents

Jal Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Caliche Now LLC. · Surface
Controlled by Angel Anthony Villarreal
Jal, Lea County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902546

Jal Pit has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K 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 2023
65
citations
12
significant & substantial
$29,808
proposed penalties
$16,582
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,226 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
8
inspections on record
190
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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jal Pit has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-23.
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 3,562 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,432 3 0 1233.6
2025 Q2 2,531 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,346 22 6 9377.7
2024 Q4 2,548 1 0 392.5
2024 Q3 2,485 17 4 6841.0
2024 Q2 3,090 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,361 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,694 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,163 15 2 12897.7

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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