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Portable Unit #2: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bill Tezak
Raton, Colfax County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504197

Portable Unit #2 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–2013
Latest incident
Dec 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
91
citations
30
significant & substantial
$19,412
proposed penalties
$19,412
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Colorado Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
37
inspections on record
422
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: 422 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Unit #2 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.4% low, 80.0% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $8K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-07-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2017-0594 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $7K → $7K
WEST 2015-0916 Settlement Manning 2016 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2019-04-11, 7 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 0.38 2.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.5 0.92 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Colorado Quarries Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 2
2011 4
2010 4
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Unit #2 sits in Colfax County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Colfax County, New Mexico · Population 12,336
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,690
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2021 Q2 271 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 663 1 0 1508.3
2020 Q3 1,860 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,655 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,848 1 0 541.1
2019 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 1,201 3 1 2497.9
2019 Q1 867 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 969 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,386 1 0 721.5
2018 Q1 1,244 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,007 4 0 3972.2
2017 Q3 1,294 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,822 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 611 2 1 3273.3
2016 Q4 1,687 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,258 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,997 3 0 1502.3
2015 Q3 2,136 8 1 3745.3
2015 Q2 2,710 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,350 15 6 6383.0
2014 Q3 2,306 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,850 4 1 1403.5
2014 Q1 2,155 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,498 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,534 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,776 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,332 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 2 1
2012 Q3 2,310 9 5 3896.1
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 2,093 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,134 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,614 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 719 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,840 1 1 543.5
2010 Q3 2,582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,526 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,243 7 2 3120.8
2009 Q4 347 1 0 2881.8
2009 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 520 2 2 3846.2
2009 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 693 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,213 6 2 4946.4
2007 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 325 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 988 1 1 1012.1
2006 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 907 1 0 1102.5
2005 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 996 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,088 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,009 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,322 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,005 17 5 16915.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

December 16, 2013 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Loading a piece of iron with a bobcat, the iron caught and fell off bucket onto the workers left ankle, causing a break

1988 · 1 incident

June 17, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

SETTING IN CAT 930 LOADER WHEN BLASTING WAS DONE FLY ROCK FLEW INTO LOADER HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE SHIN OF RT LEG CAUSING SEVERE PAIN