NM Crusher #1 (portable) has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1984–2009
Latest incident
Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
82
citations
23
significant & substantial
$12,654
proposed penalties
$11,595
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,059 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: 984 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
NM Crusher #1 (portable) has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $496 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-10.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 50%
Stood as issued
3 · 38%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 13%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $496 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 2017-01-17.
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: 2025-08-26
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
43
samples
33
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz333 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (43)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-12-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.07
0.6
1.78
Utility Man
2003-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.29
1.03
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.83
0.41
2.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-08-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
2.08
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.62
0.29
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2025-02-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.58
0.26
Utility Man
2025-01-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.7
0.21
Utility Man
2024-12-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.46
0.39
Utility Man
2024-12-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.45
0.76
Utility Man
2024-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.98
0.29
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.54
0.50
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-09-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.28
0.96
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.53
0.77
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.27
0.93
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.4
0.55
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.42
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.41
0.73
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.53
0.70
Cleanup Man
2012-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.32
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.49
0.29
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-10-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.35
0.34
Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.41
0.34
Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.67
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.45
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.49
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.3
0.50
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
1.34
0.32
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.25
0.96
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.46
0.85
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.48
0.35
Truck Driver
2001-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.22
0.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
0.77
0.99
Laborer, Bullgang
2000-07-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.88
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
NM Crusher #1 (portable) recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.01 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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
9
2023
8
2022
9
2021
8
2020
8
2019
8
2018
8
2017
8
2016
7
2015
8
2014
8
2013
6
2012
10
2011
10
2010
11
2009
12
2008
11
2007
10
2006
8
2005
8
2004
8
2003
10
2002
8
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
NM Crusher #1 (portable) sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
San Juan County, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
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
Employee was changing liners on the K400 cone and had to crawl under the crusher several times to inspect liner seats and other things. Employee was wearing 2 pair of coveralls and knee pads to protect his knees.
EE WAS STANDING ON CONVEYOR WHEN OPERATOR STARTED IT. HE FELL BACKWARD LANDING ON HIS SHOULDER. RIGHT ARM HAS BEEN IMMOBILIZED IN A SLING FOR POSSIBLE PULLED LIGAMENTS.
1995 · 1 incident
May 23, 1995NM · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerNONPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS ASSISTING A SUPPLIER IN UNLOADING CONE IRON. WAS PULLING A PALLET TO THE REAR OF TRUCK WHEN DRIVER LET THE HYDRAULIC DOLLY DOWN ON RIGHT RING FINGER. INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES.
1992 · 1 incident
March 13, 1992NM · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON