Mining Incidents

Red Shale Mine: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Garcia & Sons Inc · Surface
Farmington, San Juan County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900786

Red Shale Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 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 2001
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,014
proposed penalties
$410
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
151
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: 151 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 Shale Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$410
paid to date
$604
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-02.
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.
8.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
8.3%
reasonably likely or greater
16.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 91.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Garcia & Sons Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 3
2010 3
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 2
2003 4
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Red Shale Mine sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
San Juan County, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
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
2011 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 65 2 0 30769.2
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 20 3 0 150000.0
2007 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 228 1 0 4386.0
2004 Q2 225 2 1 8888.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 182 2 0 10989.0
2001 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 308 0 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.