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San Antone Pit: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michele Bonaguidi
Gallup, Mckinley County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2900917

San Antone Pit has $13K 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
16
Years on record
1989–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
23
significant & substantial
$12,861
proposed penalties
$12,861
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
648
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: 648 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-05-28.
On record since 2024.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

San Antone Pit has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $453 in penalties contested before the Commission, $453 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
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.
24.5%
significant & substantial
1.1%
high negligence or reckless
24.5%
reasonably likely or greater
57.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.2% low, 95.7% moderate, 1.1% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$453 proposed, $453 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 2025-12-16.
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 2026-0038 Settlement Lewis 2026 $453 → $453
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2024-09-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 2.27 0.41 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.28 0.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.36 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Mechanic
2004-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.35 0.10 Truck Driver
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.98 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.79 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.75 0.22 Truck Driver
2001-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.35 0.10 Truck Driver
2001-06-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.92 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gallup Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Gallup Sand & Gravel Company 1988 to 2007
  3. Gallup Sand & Gravel LLC 2007 to 2017
  4. Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 6
2024 7
2023 5
2022 4
2021 5
2020 4
2019 9
2018 8
2017 5
2016 4
2009 8
2008 8
2007 9
2006 6
2005 8
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 7
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

San Antone Pit sits in McKinley County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
McKinley County, New Mexico · Population 71,172
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$44,496
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 505 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 608 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,948 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,310 3 1 2290.1
2025 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,670 10 2 5988.0
2024 Q1 318 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,005 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,145 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,645 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 696 2 0 2873.6
2021 Q3 1,616 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,426 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 409 1 0 2445.0
2020 Q2 1,089 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,943 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,276 7 0 3075.6
2019 Q2 3,633 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,918 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,170 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 594 1 0 1683.5
2017 Q4 905 2 0 2209.9
2017 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2016 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,719 1 0 367.8
2009 Q3 3,886 6 3 1544.0
2009 Q2 4,207 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,037 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,191 11 4 5020.5
2008 Q3 2,663 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,876 2 0 410.2
2008 Q1 3,879 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,081 9 2 2921.1
2007 Q3 5,705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,729 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,997 5 5 1668.3
2006 Q3 3,281 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,354 4 0 1192.6
2006 Q1 3,364 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,738 2 0 535.0
2005 Q3 4,627 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,638 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,025 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,542 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,824 3 0 784.5
2004 Q1 3,034 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,026 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,925 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,387 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,353 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,942 2 0 507.4
2002 Q2 3,312 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,892 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,257 15 4 3523.6
2001 Q3 4,013 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,941 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,808 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,425 3 1 875.9
2000 Q3 1,959 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,421 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,230 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2021 · 1 incident

August 25, 2021 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. · Fall from machine

On 08/25/21, about 1:00 PM I was trying to climb down from the Loader and must have missed a step. I slipped down off of the loader and hit my head. My coworkers working nearby ran over and revived me and then called 911. An ambulance came & I went to GIMC where they ran tests & I stayed until almost 10:30 that night.

2007 · 1 incident

October 13, 2007 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with electrical current

Was trying to reset a circuit box that had a broken handle - used a metal bar.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 26, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Flash burns (electric)

Conveyor stopped running. Employee replaced fuses and turned it back on. Conveyor didn't start. He pulled disconnect box off. Electricity arched on switch blades causing the box to blow up.

August 16, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Rock stuck in conveyor. Employee was prying on it with a bar. Bar slipped catching his finger between bar and crusher frame.

2002 · 1 incident

July 11, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE BACK STOP ON A GEAR BOX. HE TUGGED ON THE CONVEYER BELT AND IT JUMPED FORWARD ABOUT 2" CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND SHIVE. CONVEYER WAS NOT HOOKED TO POWER . EE'S FINGER WAS X-RAYED AND WAS NOT BROKEN, JUST SORE. HE IS O.K. AS OF TODAY. NO LOST TIME.

2000 · 1 incident

May 8, 2000 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

CLIMBED DOWN TOWER LADDER VERY HIGH WINDS BLEW ASMALL WINDOW PANE OUT OF WINDOW. EE HEARD SOMETHING & LOOKED UP AND SAW GLASS COMING. HE THEN DUCKED & GLASS HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BEL OW THE HARD HAT CUT HIS HEAD. HE GOT 5 STAPLES IN HIS HEAD

1997 · 1 incident

December 3, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK WHEN ROCK WENT BACK INTO PLACE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS, CUTTING HIS SFINGER. HAD CUT ABOUT 1/4". NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. BROKE FINGER. HAD 4 STITCHES.

1996 · 3 incidents

July 25, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

LINING UP BOLT HOLES ON A CHUTE INSTALLATION WITH A PRYBAR. BAR SLIPPED CUASING EE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND SCRAPE HIS SHIN.

February 23, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING A GEAR BOX FORM THE BUCKE TOF A BOBCAT LOADER ONTO ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE SLIPPED ON THE LIGHT DUSTIN GOF SNOW AND DIRT AND FELL. THE GEAR BOX FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

January 15, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS HELPING JUMP START HIS LOADER. HE WAS HOOKING UP JUMPER CABLES TO HIS BATTERIES, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROX. 4' TO THE GROUND. HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT LEG AND LOWER BACK.

1995 · 1 incident

October 1, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A HEAVY 2" SCREEN OUT OF A LOADER BUCKET. THE SCREEN CAUGHT IN THE BUCKET AND EMPLOYEE HURT HIS BACK.

1994 · 1 incident

May 22, 1994 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM PRIMARY FEEDER WHEN A STUCK ROCK ABOUT 2' X 4' SLIPPED, PINNING HIS FOOT AGAINST THE FEEDER WALL, SQUEEZING THE BOOT BETWEEN THE FEEDER WALL & SLAB. THE EE HAD HARD TOED BOOTS THE BOOT WAS NOT CUT OR DAMAGED.

1992 · 1 incident

September 1, 1992 NM · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKING ON A LADDER IN A HOPPER. BASE OF LADDER SLIPPED AND WENT OUT THE OPEN END OF HOPPER. EMPL LOST BALANCE AND LEG WENT THRU LADDER CATCHING IT BETWEEN HOPPER AND LADDER.

1991 · 1 incident

February 27, 1991 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CREW WAS PICKING UP A R35 TIRE WITH A BOBCAT TIRE SLIPPED IN THE BUCKET CATCHING EMPLOYEE FINGER BETWEEN THE BOBCAT BUCKET K& TIRE RIMS

1989 · 2 incidents

September 6, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING GRIZZLEY RAILS IN FEEDER. HE RAISED HIS LEG TO PUT IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE FEED HOPPER. BUMPING HIS LEFT KNEE ON A SQUARE TUBE. THE NEXT DAY HIS KNEE SWELLED UP.

August 15, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gallup Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON TIRE AT FRONT OF IMPACT, PUSHING BELT LAGGING BACK ONTO CONVEYER BELT. EE FELL BACKWARD OFF OF TIRE, FALLING APPROX. 2 FT TO THE GROUND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST ON ROCK.