Mining Incidents

Pacheco Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Mora, Mora County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902539

Pacheco Pit has $417 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2022
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$417
proposed penalties
$417
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
5
inspections on record
70
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: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pacheco Pit has $417 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.
$417
proposed penalties
$417
current assessed
$417
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-27.
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 89 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 49 1 0 20408.2
2025 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 19 2 0 105263.2
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 21 0 0 0.0

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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