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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
RIBBLE CRUSHER #1 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-01-03.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2002
2
2001
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
RIBBLE CRUSHER #1 sits in Socorro County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Socorro County, New Mexico · Population 16,308
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$47,556
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
2002 Q3
1,300
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
3,335
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,469
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,524
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,198
1
0
455.0
2000 Q4
2,496
18
7
7211.5
2000 Q3
1,521
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2
1,507
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,202
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
1994 · 2 incidents
May 13, 1994NM · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS UNHITCHING GENERATOR TRAILER FROM CO VEHICLE WENT TO PLACE TONGUE OF TRAILER ON A BLOCK AND HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TONGUE AND THE BLOCK.
May 4, 1994NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE FIXING A PIECE OF BELTING ON THE FINE HEAD UNDERSCREEN CONVEYOR, WHE ASKED IF THEY WERE FINISHED & TO START UP PLANT. ONE SAID YES IT WAS READY. THE PLANT WAS STARTED UNKOWI NG THAT ATHAE INJURED WAS STILL ON THE CONVEYOR BEHIND THE PLANT. OTHER EMPLOYEE RAN OUT & TOLD ME TO TURN OFF THE PLANT. I WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. INJURED WAS ALL SCRATCHED UP, ON CONVEY
August 25, 1993NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
WORKER WAS IN AN AREA THAT WAS OFF LIMITS WHILE THE LOADER WAS IN THE AREA. WORKER WAS BENT OVER SHOVELING BEHIND THE PRIMARY * GOT HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK & RIBS WITH A ROCK [6"] WH EN THE LOADER WAS DUMPING MATERIAL INTO BIN.
June 12, 1993NM · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS UNLOADING A STEEL REINFORECED HOSE FROM TRAILER. DISCOMFORT BEGAN THAT AFTERNOON & THEN BECAME EXTREME DISCOMFORT AFTER WORK. THEN PAIN VARIED UNTIL VISITED DR. ON 2/16/93.