Ortega Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Alamo Transit Mix Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
James Rogers
Alamogordo,
Otero County,
NM
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2900417
Ortega Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $250 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
6
significant & substantial
$7,245
proposed penalties
$6,709
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $536 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
544
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 544 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ortega Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $250 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$250
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 517 | 1 | 0 | 1934.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 490 | 3 | 0 | 6122.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 475 | 1 | 0 | 2105.3 |
| 2023 Q3 | 506 | 1 | 0 | 1976.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 540 | 6 | 0 | 11111.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 551 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 557 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 547 | 3 | 0 | 5484.5 |
| 2020 Q4 | 522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 566 | 1 | 0 | 1766.8 |
| 2020 Q2 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 531 | 1 | 0 | 1883.2 |
| 2018 Q4 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 436 | 4 | 0 | 9174.3 |
| 2017 Q3 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 516 | 6 | 0 | 11627.9 |
| 2017 Q1 | 498 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 638 | 7 | 2 | 10971.8 |
| 2015 Q4 | 653 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 666 | 1 | 0 | 1501.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 622 | 1 | 0 | 1607.7 |
| 2014 Q4 | 657 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 658 | 1 | 1 | 1519.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 593 | 2 | 1 | 3372.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 579 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 512 | 2 | 0 | 3906.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 668 | 2 | 1 | 2994.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 609 | 1 | 0 | 1642.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 648 | 2 | 0 | 3086.4 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,380 | 2 | 0 | 1449.3 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,380 | 2 | 0 | 1449.3 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,380 | 2 | 0 | 1449.3 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,380 | 3 | 1 | 2173.9 |
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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The full compliance file on Ortega Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.