Mining Incidents

Lost River Metal/Non-Metal

J & H SERVICES, INC · Surface
Controlled by Jim S Mitchell
Hagerman, Chaves County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902498

Lost River has $38K 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
2
Years on record
2019–2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
73
citations
14
significant & substantial
$38,468
proposed penalties
$38,468
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
18
inspections on record
354
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: 354 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lost River has $38K 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-14.
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
2023 Q2 4,064 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,005 2 0 499.4
2022 Q4 3,927 7 3 1782.5
2022 Q3 7,304 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,594 3 0 536.3
2022 Q1 3,910 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,746 4 1 1067.8
2021 Q3 6,369 14 1 2198.1
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 8,697 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,980 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,101 16 3 3901.5
2020 Q3 5,191 11 4 2119.1
2020 Q2 3,287 2 0 608.5
2020 Q1 3,387 8 2 2362.0
2019 Q4 3,594 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,275 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,881 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,032 6 0 1978.9
2018 Q3 3,075 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2020 · 1 incident

July 28, 2020 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & H SERVICES, INC · Struck by falling object

Employee was helping to build braces for the crusher. The piece of angle iron employee was holding fell on employee's neck. Employee was taken to urgent care. They found no serious injury. Employee was given pain medicine and sent for an xray.

2019 · 1 incident

December 3, 2019 NM · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & H SERVICES, INC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting belt with a box cutter and cut EE's leg. EE required 2 stitches.

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