Mountain States Crusher GCP2-4887 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,854
proposed penalties
$2,234
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $620 gap.
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: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mountain States Crusher GCP2-4887 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 outstanding across 5 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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$165
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $989 in penalties contested before the Commission, $534 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-30.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 50%
Stood as issued
2 · 33%
Still open
1 · 17%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$989 proposed, $534 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-05-31.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2024-10-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-10-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.91
0.37
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-10-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
0.96
0.71
Laborer, Bullgang
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Mountain States Crusher GCP2-4887 recorded 8.89 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.89
total case rate
8.89
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.71 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
8.89
8.89
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
26.42
8.81
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
8
2025
8
2024
8
2023
9
2021
7
2020
9
2019
8
2018
7
2017
8
2016
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mountain States Crusher GCP2-4887 sits in Valencia County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Valencia County, New Mexico · Population 77,382
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,333
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
4,784
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
4,566
1
1
219.0
2025 Q4
6,021
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,064
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,493
1
1
182.0
2025 Q1
5,913
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
5,714
1
0
175.0
2024 Q3
5,860
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,489
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,359
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,747
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,161
3
1
581.3
2023 Q2
5,997
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,021
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,514
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,028
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,754
2
0
532.8
2020 Q4
5,690
2
1
351.5
2020 Q3
6,288
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,116
2
0
390.9
2020 Q1
5,615
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,636
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,316
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,413
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,460
3
0
672.6
2018 Q4
3,150
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,040
2
0
396.8
2018 Q2
4,704
2
0
425.2
2018 Q1
2,062
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
451
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,788
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,263
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,427
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,408
1
0
293.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2025 · 1 incident
November 21, 2025NM · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maintenance work was done on conveyor belt. Crew had meeting prior to bump. Employees were instructed to stay in one spot away from the unguarded area when bump was going to be active. Conveyor belt guard was left off during this process. Injured employee walked back to this area and stuck arm back in when the bump was activated.
Employee was cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife, cutting towards EE's right hand. Made the cut and cut the top of EE's right hand, tip of blade went into EE's hand, small laceration.
May 13, 2020NM · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was laying down on conveyor belt trying to remove a strap that was placed on the side, ratchet on strap was not releasing tension, EE reach over with EE's right arm to cut 1/2 width strap, with a forward and back motion to make the cut employee felt a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder.
2019 · 1 incident
January 11, 2019NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was climbing a ladder when EE slipped and fell on the right leg / right side. Employee climbed on the ladder to about 5ft to get to screen platform. Area was watered down right before the employee started climbing and EE's work boots were very muddy. Employee states had three point contact. Employee fractured left Femoral neck bone.
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