Mining Incidents

PIT #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Chaparral, NM, Otero County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902147

PIT #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
21
significant & substantial
$10,782
proposed penalties
$10,782
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
815
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: 815 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PIT #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-14.
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 2,944 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,774 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,776 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,549 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,006 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,590 1 0 386.1
2024 Q2 2,898 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,769 1 0 361.1
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,782 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,768 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,837 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,725 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,100 1 0 322.6
2022 Q3 2,787 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,634 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,769 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,753 1 0 363.2
2021 Q3 3,282 1 0 304.7
2021 Q2 3,341 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,081 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,539 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,346 1 0 298.9
2020 Q2 3,298 1 0 303.2
2020 Q1 3,411 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,378 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,385 2 0 590.8
2019 Q2 3,456 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,358 1 1 297.8
2018 Q4 6,091 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,477 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,459 3 0 867.3
2018 Q1 3,403 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,414 3 2 878.7
2017 Q3 3,512 1 0 284.7
2017 Q2 3,070 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,369 1 1 296.8
2016 Q4 2,948 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,948 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,138 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,039 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,684 2 0 745.2
2015 Q1 2,764 2 0 723.6
2014 Q4 3,141 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,969 2 0 673.6
2014 Q2 4,348 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,046 1 1 328.3
2013 Q4 3,358 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,839 1 0 352.2
2013 Q2 2,967 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,129 4 2 1278.4
2012 Q4 3,706 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,353 5 3 1491.2
2012 Q2 3,510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,501 3 1 1199.5
2011 Q4 3,570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,711 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,614 2 0 553.4
2011 Q1 3,214 3 2 933.4
2010 Q4 3,620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,404 5 3 1468.9
2010 Q2 3,132 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,489 4 0 1607.1
2009 Q4 4,366 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,659 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,692 3 1 639.4
2009 Q1 4,334 3 1 692.2
2008 Q4 4,855 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,426 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,786 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,482 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,532 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,789 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,084 4 0 786.8
2007 Q1 5,349 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,471 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,781 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,999 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,406 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,558 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,740 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,938 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,037 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,336 1 0 187.4
2004 Q1 4,669 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,031 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,198 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,281 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,538 2 0 565.3
2002 Q4 4,036 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,497 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,248 1 1 235.4
2002 Q1 3,956 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,011 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,187 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,345 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,719 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,763 1 1 265.7
2000 Q1 3,488 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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The full compliance file on PIT #1

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.