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RED HILL COMMUNITY PIT AKA CIMMA: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

New Mexico Department of Transportation · Surface
Controlled by State Of New Mexico
Quemado, Catron County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902184

RED HILL COMMUNITY PIT AKA CIMMA has $564 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 2011
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$564
proposed penalties
$564
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
6
inspections on record
58
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: 58 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RED HILL COMMUNITY PIT AKA CIMMA has $564 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.
$564
proposed penalties
$564
current assessed
$564
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $228 in penalties contested before the Commission, $228 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-29.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 40% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$228 proposed, $228 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 2016-10-19.
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
CENT 2017-0030 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $228 → $228
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. New Mexico State Highway & Transportation Dept 1999 to 2008
  2. New Mexico Department of Transportation 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 4
2017 5
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 6
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 1
2008 0
2002 0
2001 1
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RED HILL COMMUNITY PIT AKA CIMMA sits in Catron County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Catron County, New Mexico · Population 3,685
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,439
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
2018 Q3 40 2 0 50000.0
2018 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,048 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 834 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 933 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 997 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,309 1 0 763.9
2010 Q4 813 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 846 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 575 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 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.