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Portales: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Solid Materials LLC · Surface
Controlled by Montana Levacy
Portales, Roosevelt County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902181

Portales has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $290 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
2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
72
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,399
proposed penalties
$13,109
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $290 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
503
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: 503 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portales has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $290 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$290
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
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.
20.8%
significant & substantial
22.2%
high negligence or reckless
20.8%
reasonably likely or greater
30.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 69.4% moderate, 22.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2019-04-17, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-04-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.5 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. Calmat Company Of New Mexico 1999 to 2002
  2. Gilman Rock Crushing Service 2002 to 2017
  3. White Rock Crushing LLC 2017 to 2022
  4. A-1 Crushing LLC 2022 to 2024
  5. Rock Solid Materials LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portales sits in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Roosevelt County, New Mexico · Population 19,002
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$52,445
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
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 25 2 0 80000.0
2025 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 338 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 86 1 0 11627.9
2022 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 975 9 2 9230.8
2020 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,735 7 0 4034.6
2020 Q1 1,310 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,645 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,695 10 2 5899.7
2019 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,560 8 0 5128.2
2018 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,690 4 1 2366.9
2017 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,720 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,690 5 3 2958.6
2016 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 53 6 3 113207.5
2016 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 280 4 1 14285.7
2015 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 89 1 0 11236.0
2013 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 32 1 0 31250.0
2012 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 214 1 0 4672.9
2011 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 130 3 1 23076.9
2009 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 470 1 0 2127.7
2008 Q3 590 1 0 1694.9
2008 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 890 2 2 2247.2
2005 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,973 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,252 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 528 1 0 1893.9
2003 Q2 1,002 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 870 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 655 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 736 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

September 22, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Gilman Rock Crushing Service · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

THE BELT ON THE CRUSHER HAD STOPPED WOTKING WITHOUT ANYONE'S KNOWLEDGE. WITHOUT INSTRUCTION, INJURED BEGAN TO APPLY BELT DRESSING TO THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE CONVEYOR BELT FEEDING THE SCREEN AND CRUSHER. HIS ARM SOME HOW GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLER