Employee was exiting loader and had one foot on the bottom step of loader and one foot on ground while using 3 point contact when employee slipped (2 feet) onto their rear. At first employee did not want to be checked out and 10 min later decided to be examined. Employee lost balance landed on their rear and fractured hip.
Rio Bonito Aggregate Metal/Non-Metal
ROPER CONSTRUCTION, INC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Ryan Roper
Capitan,
Lincoln County,
NM
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2902435
Rio Bonito Aggregate has $19K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2017
- Latest incident
- Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
81
citations
15
significant & substantial
$19,252
proposed penalties
$19,252
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
22
inspections on record
403
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: 403 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rio Bonito Aggregate has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 2,020 | 8 | 0 | 3960.4 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,001 | 2 | 1 | 999.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,536 | 9 | 3 | 5859.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,644 | 4 | 0 | 2433.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,358 | 5 | 0 | 3681.9 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 976 | 1 | 0 | 1024.6 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,041 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,040 | 7 | 2 | 6730.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,379 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,012 | 12 | 0 | 11857.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,304 | 2 | 0 | 1533.7 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 942 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,032 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 970 | 5 | 1 | 5154.6 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,860 | 5 | 2 | 1748.3 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,032 | 4 | 0 | 1319.3 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,730 | 5 | 1 | 1831.5 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,859 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,490 | 2 | 1 | 1342.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,529 | 3 | 0 | 1962.1 |
| 2015 Q1 | 827 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,343 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,005 | 7 | 4 | 3491.3 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2017 · 1 incident
February 28, 2017
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwest Paving and Grading Inc · Fall from machine
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