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: 166 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 Wash Plant has $541 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.
$541
proposed penalties
$541
current assessed
$541
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-21.
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.
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: 2003-05-14, 23 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2003-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
0
2005
3
2004
4
2003
5
2002
4
2001
4
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
NM Wash Plant 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q2
67
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,145
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
946
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,580
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,812
1
1
551.9
2004 Q1
1,621
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4
2,585
5
1
1934.2
2003 Q3
2,094
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,027
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,951
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,293
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,559
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,768
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,226
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,566
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,523
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,342
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,998
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,810
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,622
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,716
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,449
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2004 · 1 incident
January 9, 2004NM · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING METAL FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP. HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND GETTING THE LAST PIECE OF 1/4 X 12 X 20 METAL. HE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS BACK IN THE GRAVEL.
1995 · 1 incident
October 27, 1995NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CHECKING SAND SCREW ON THE CLASSIFIER & WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN WHEN SLIPPED ON THE LADDER & FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK WITH HIS RT ARM UNDER HIM BETWEEN HIS BACK & THE GR OUND
February 18, 1991NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPL WAS SLICING A BLET HE WAS LAYING UNDERNEATH TIGHTENING THE BELT WHEN SOME FINE DIRT AND CRUSHED AGGREGATE FELL INTO HIS EYE HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME
1988 · 1 incident
August 9, 1988NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Arco Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE ADJUSTING THE SPRAY BAR ON THE CEDAR RAPIDS VIBRATING SCREEN, EMPLOYEE"S LEFT HAND, LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SPRAY BAR AND SHAPER SCREEN WHICH CUT THE FINGER.