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: 613 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Roswell Pit has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-16.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2012-03-29.
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.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2020-09-22, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
Laborer, Bullgang
2020-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2004-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2003-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.19
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.51
0.09
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.32
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.74
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Roswell Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.19 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
8.52
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
8.30
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
4
2023
6
2022
9
2021
12
2020
13
2019
4
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
2
2014
4
2013
6
2012
11
2011
11
2010
12
2009
12
2008
9
2007
8
2006
7
2005
8
2004
8
2003
7
2002
8
2001
8
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Roswell Pit sits in Chaves County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Chaves County, New Mexico · Population 64,446
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$52,029
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
2026 Q2
2,949
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,496
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,482
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,669
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,207
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,544
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,520
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,685
0
0
0.0
Show 95 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,007
7
0
6951.3
2024 Q1
3,187
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,638
1
0
274.9
2023 Q3
4,124
1
0
242.5
2023 Q2
5,426
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,687
4
0
703.4
2022 Q4
5,749
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,401
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,668
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
6,203
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,587
6
0
1073.9
2021 Q3
4,885
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,638
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,369
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,131
8
0
1304.8
2020 Q3
5,527
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
6,105
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,726
1
0
129.4
2019 Q4
3,335
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,014
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,221
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
435
2
1
4597.7
2018 Q4
691
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,073
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
270
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,129
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
101
2
0
19802.0
2017 Q3
470
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,264
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,101
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,418
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,453
2
0
1376.5
2015 Q4
1,465
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
78
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
163
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
546
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,903
1
0
344.5
2014 Q1
3,074
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,073
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,210
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,051
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,090
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,918
1
0
342.7
2012 Q3
566
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,907
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,339
6
1
1123.8
2011 Q4
5,680
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,964
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,394
5
2
2088.6
2011 Q1
5,144
3
1
583.2
2010 Q4
4,600
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,362
3
2
471.5
2010 Q2
7,047
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
6,083
1
0
164.4
2009 Q4
5,293
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,231
1
1
191.2
2009 Q2
7,375
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,457
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,846
2
0
292.1
2008 Q3
4,019
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,234
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,442
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,419
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,189
1
0
238.7
2007 Q2
3,883
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,577
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,704
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,781
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,044
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,187
1
0
238.8
2005 Q4
3,640
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,081
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,905
4
3
815.5
2005 Q1
4,647
1
0
215.2
2004 Q4
4,384
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,865
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,555
1
0
219.5
2004 Q1
3,291
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,357
2
0
595.8
2003 Q3
3,530
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,365
2
0
594.4
2003 Q1
3,142
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,968
3
0
756.0
2002 Q3
4,209
1
0
237.6
2002 Q2
4,032
3
0
744.0
2002 Q1
3,334
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,981
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,451
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,678
3
1
815.7
2001 Q1
3,036
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,235
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,437
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,940
1
0
340.1
2000 Q1
3,290
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2021 · 1 incident
October 20, 2021NM · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Injured employee had removed a screw for repair of equipment. Employee was reinstalling the screw when the screw drill was pressed and the screw had a rough metal edge and caught EE's index finger. Cutting it 3 inches in length requiring stitches. No loss of work and was able to return the following day.
2011 · 2 incidents
April 26, 2011NM · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS TRYING TO REMOVE (CUT) LID OFF THE SNAKER, WAS PULLING & PUSHING WHEN HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
2003 · 1 incident
May 1, 2003NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS TAKING A MEASUREMENT, HE WAS STANDING ON THE SHAKER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL FORWARD STRIKING HIS CHIN ON PLATE AND FELL ON SHOULDER ON PLATFORM. HE CUT HIS CHIN AND BRUISED HIS LE FT SHOULDER AND RIBS.
1985 · 2 incidents
June 17, 1985NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
HE WAS TRYING T2 TAKE A BAR AND STRAIGHTEN THE LACES TO HELP THE BELT MOVE FREELY & PROPERLY TO THE NORTH AND THE BAR CAUGHT IN THE BELT SWINGING BACK AT HIS HAND STRIKING & INJURING HIS RIGHT HAND 3
April 3, 1985NM · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
HE WAS BENT OVE9 SHOVELING SOME DIRT & ROCKS WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF FROM THE CRUSHER BELT FALLING ABOUT 14' STRIKING HIM ON HIS BOTTOM BACK OF THE HEAD BELOW HIS HARDHAT
1983 · 1 incident
October 17, 1983NM · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STAIRWAY AT CRUSHER AND SLID ABOUT 3 FT. DOWN THE STAIRS. EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK BY TEARING THE MUSCLE AROUND A VERTABRAENEAR THE LOWER BACK. DR. REPORTED NO SERIOUS INJ JURY, BUT RECOMMENDED HIM TO BE OFF WORK FOR 7-10 DAYS.