Mining Incidents

Ohkay Owingeh Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dale T Salazar
Espanola, Rio Arriba County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902500

Ohkay Owingeh Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
28
citations
3
significant & substantial
$19,793
proposed penalties
$19,793
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
13
inspections on record
142
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: 142 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ohkay Owingeh Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
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
2025 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,256 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,174 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 704 3 0 4261.4
2024 Q3 1,656 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,063 7 2 3393.1
2024 Q1 1,727 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,013 8 0 7897.3
2023 Q3 575 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 831 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,129 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 977 3 0 3070.6
2022 Q3 994 1 0 1006.0
2022 Q2 959 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,227 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,483 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,858 1 0 349.9
2020 Q4 1,292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,572 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 462 1 0 2164.5
2019 Q2 1,454 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 268 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 411 1 0 2433.1
2018 Q2 165 3 1 18181.8

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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