Mining Incidents

R. S. I. Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alonzo Ramirez Jr
Hobbs, Lea County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902287

R. S. I. Pit has $81K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
195
citations
50
significant & substantial
$81,421
proposed penalties
$81,421
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
66
inspections on record
689
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: 689 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

R. S. I. Pit has $81K 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.
$81K
proposed penalties
$81K
current assessed
$81K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
190 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-18.
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 10,930 2 0 183.0
2025 Q3 10,986 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,500 4 0 381.0
2025 Q1 9,242 5 2 541.0
2024 Q4 10,108 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,634 3 0 282.1
2024 Q2 10,802 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,481 13 1 1737.7
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,276 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,194 3 3 366.1
2023 Q2 7,506 13 0 1731.9
2023 Q1 8,562 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,818 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,946 10 2 1117.8
2022 Q2 7,323 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,010 15 3 2139.8
2021 Q4 8,085 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,569 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,222 14 2 1702.7
2021 Q1 6,764 3 2 443.5
2020 Q4 8,339 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,214 7 1 852.2
2020 Q2 8,478 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,940 2 1 251.9
2019 Q4 8,195 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,545 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,659 2 0 261.1
2019 Q1 7,649 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,939 3 3 432.3
2018 Q3 6,076 3 0 493.7
2018 Q2 5,917 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,020 9 3 1495.0
2017 Q4 4,989 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,004 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,588 3 0 536.9
2017 Q1 6,154 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,328 2 0 375.4
2016 Q3 5,826 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,753 4 1 841.6
2016 Q1 4,885 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,011 3 0 598.7
2015 Q3 5,858 3 1 512.1
2015 Q2 7,071 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,354 4 2 747.1
2014 Q4 5,771 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,361 3 0 471.6
2014 Q2 6,113 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,679 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,901 1 1 144.9
2013 Q3 6,458 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,610 4 0 525.6
2013 Q1 7,803 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,079 5 2 822.5
2012 Q3 6,474 6 4 926.8
2012 Q2 5,736 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,760 6 0 887.6
2011 Q4 6,053 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,874 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,214 9 6 1095.7
2011 Q1 4,332 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,841 3 1 781.0
2010 Q3 5,769 3 0 520.0
2010 Q2 4,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,212 3 3 1356.2
2009 Q4 3,874 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,996 1 0 250.3
2009 Q2 912 7 5 7675.4
2009 Q1 1,855 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,433 5 1 1456.5
2008 Q3 3,734 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,649 2 0 755.0
2008 Q1 2,498 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,182 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,359 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,212 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,063 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 381 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 377 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 96 3 0 31250.0

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 R. S. I. Pit

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