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Los Padillas Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Anthony Villegas
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902273

Los Padillas Pit has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
172
citations
51
significant & substantial
$74,619
proposed penalties
$57,265
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,354 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
68
inspections on record
835
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: 835 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Los Padillas Pit has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 9 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
168 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 10,726 1 0 93.2
2025 Q3 10,300 1 0 97.1
2025 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,812 2 0 185.0
2024 Q4 11,892 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 13,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,506 4 0 380.7
2024 Q1 9,044 2 0 221.1
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,801 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,986 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,984 1 1 125.3
2023 Q1 10,385 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,570 2 0 209.0
2022 Q3 9,409 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,015 5 2 499.3
2022 Q1 9,458 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,087 1 0 110.0
2021 Q3 10,165 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,289 3 2 323.0
2021 Q1 9,067 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,837 2 1 203.3
2020 Q3 10,055 9 2 895.1
2020 Q2 9,420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,122 3 1 328.9
2019 Q4 9,566 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 9,828 16 1 1628.0
2019 Q2 8,237 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,987 6 0 667.6
2018 Q4 11,000 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,339 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,143 3 1 328.1
2018 Q1 9,220 5 2 542.3
2017 Q4 9,455 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,016 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,125 8 3 984.6
2017 Q1 7,975 1 0 125.4
2016 Q4 8,471 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,038 1 0 110.6
2016 Q2 8,902 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,330 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,674 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,780 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,792 15 5 1925.1
2015 Q1 4,825 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,904 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,619 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,614 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,528 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,734 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,647 5 2 1371.0
2013 Q2 3,238 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,353 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,416 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,815 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,704 3 0 1109.5
2012 Q1 2,411 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,018 8 3 2650.8
2011 Q3 2,854 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,769 2 0 722.3
2011 Q1 2,054 6 1 2921.1
2010 Q4 2,656 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,556 7 4 2738.7
2010 Q1 2,347 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,748 7 5 2547.3
2009 Q3 3,078 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,778 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,684 11 4 4098.4
2008 Q4 3,427 4 1 1167.2
2008 Q3 3,917 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,145 2 0 482.5
2008 Q1 3,708 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,035 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,983 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,265 1 0 189.9
2006 Q4 5,044 1 0 198.3
2006 Q3 4,985 2 2 401.2
2006 Q2 5,290 4 0 756.1
2006 Q1 4,239 10 5 2359.0
2005 Q4 4,802 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,271 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,242 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,496 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,514 5 3 1988.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 2, 2012 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Double Eagle Sand & Gravel LLC · Fall from machine

Miner was doing daily inspection of his equipment. Stepped on dozer track and said he got a sharp pain on lower back and he slipped and fell approx 1.5 to 2 feet to the ground.

2007 · 1 incident

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