Mining Incidents

Pollard Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by GMS Inc; David Shoup
LAKE ARTHUR, Chaves County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902465

Pollard Pit has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $74K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
33
citations
6
significant & substantial
$75,510
proposed penalties
$1,781
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $73,729 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
16
inspections on record
199
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: 199 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pollard Pit has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $74K 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$76K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$74K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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 1,889 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,887 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,110 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,134 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,806 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 789 1 0 1267.4
2024 Q1 2,218 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,393 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,604 2 0 554.9
2023 Q2 2,155 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,447 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,090 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,346 3 0 1278.8
2022 Q2 2,591 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,102 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,156 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,561 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,382 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,890 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,777 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,619 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,387 2 0 590.5
2019 Q4 1,664 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,578 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 233 1 0 4291.8
2019 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,070 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,128 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 856 1 0 1168.2
2017 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 16, 2026 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
United Materials, LLP · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While applying belt dressing to a head pulley EE's hand was caught in the head pulley and caused the loss of EE's left hand.

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