Mining Incidents

Penasco Sand and Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dwayne Lewis
Mayhill, Otero County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902374

Penasco Sand and Gravel has $4K 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 2009
33
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,862
proposed penalties
$3,862
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
31
inspections on record
345
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: 345 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penasco Sand and Gravel has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-28.
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 1,875 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,560 1 0 641.0
2025 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 424 2 0 4717.0
2024 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 351 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 336 2 0 5952.4
2023 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 965 1 0 1036.3
2022 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,030 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,295 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,077 2 0 1857.0
2020 Q2 1,167 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,045 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 895 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 685 3 0 4379.6
2018 Q1 1,080 2 0 1851.9
2017 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,085 1 0 921.7
2017 Q2 1,385 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,285 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,340 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,385 2 0 1444.0
2016 Q2 1,480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 1,880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,880 2 0 1063.8
2015 Q1 1,880 1 0 531.9
2014 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,440 1 0 694.4
2014 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2013 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2013 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,040 3 0 2884.6
2012 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 818 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 698 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 698 1 1 1432.7
2011 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2011 Q1 805 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,298 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,177 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 822 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,039 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 966 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,155 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 940 2 0 2127.7
2008 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 73 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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