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Soto's Rock Metal/Non-Metal

Soto's Rock · Surface
El Paso, El Paso County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103807

Soto's Rock has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
144
citations
43
significant & substantial
$36,778
proposed penalties
$36,735
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
85
inspections on record
1,021
inspection hours
14.1
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.
144 citations across 1,021 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Soto's Rock has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 3,032 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,024 1 0 330.7
2025 Q2 2,872 3 0 1044.6
2025 Q1 3,232 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,472 1 0 404.5
2024 Q3 2,952 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,352 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,344 4 0 1706.5
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,608 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,080 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,912 2 0 686.8
2022 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,448 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,264 1 0 306.4
2022 Q1 3,400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,368 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,288 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,464 2 1 577.4
2021 Q1 4,056 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,232 4 1 945.2
2020 Q3 4,288 2 0 466.4
2020 Q2 4,014 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,648 1 0 215.1
2019 Q4 4,195 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,356 3 0 688.7
2019 Q2 3,992 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,432 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,176 5 2 1197.3
2018 Q3 3,560 4 0 1123.6
2018 Q2 3,744 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,720 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,720 3 0 806.5
2017 Q3 3,848 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,056 5 4 1232.7
2017 Q1 4,112 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,136 4 2 967.1
2016 Q3 4,158 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,340 3 0 691.2
2016 Q1 3,688 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,148 4 4 964.3
2015 Q3 4,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,088 2 0 489.2
2015 Q1 3,940 4 0 1015.2
2014 Q4 3,900 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,956 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,872 3 2 774.8
2014 Q1 3,658 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,752 2 1 533.0
2013 Q3 4,052 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,440 1 0 290.7
2013 Q1 3,232 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,970 2 2 673.4
2012 Q3 2,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,240 4 1 1234.6
2012 Q1 3,017 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 732 5 1 6830.6
2011 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 732 4 0 5464.5
2011 Q1 732 2 0 2732.2
2010 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 712 8 7 11236.0
2009 Q4 704 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 772 1 0 1295.3
2009 Q1 772 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 936 4 1 4273.5
2008 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 928 1 0 1077.6
2008 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 545 8 1 14678.9
2007 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 540 1 1 1851.9
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 540 6 2 11111.1
2006 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 480 7 1 14583.3
2005 Q4 536 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 520 2 0 3846.2
2005 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 510 1 0 1960.8
2004 Q3 518 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 536 1 0 1865.7
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 520 4 4 7692.3
2002 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 520 7 2 13461.5
2001 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 564 4 1 7092.2
2000 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 160 4 1 25000.0
2000 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

February 22, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Soto's Rock · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING ROCKS LOOSE. THE ROCK GOT LOOSE ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE LOST HIS HOLD. BECAUSE HE WAS NEAR THE EDGE, HE FELL OFF 20 FEET TO GROUND LEVEL. THE EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY LANYARD.

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