Mining Incidents

SOUTH SOCORRO PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Predicanda Aguilar
Socorro, Socorro County, NM  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2901312

SOUTH SOCORRO PIT has $27K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
25
significant & substantial
$26,851
proposed penalties
$26,851
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
879
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: 879 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SOUTH SOCORRO PIT has $27K 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 3,144 5 0 1590.3
2025 Q3 3,495 2 0 572.2
2025 Q2 3,571 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,926 10 1 3417.6
2024 Q4 3,407 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,020 1 0 248.8
2024 Q2 3,497 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,055 4 0 1309.3
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,714 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,791 2 0 527.6
2023 Q2 3,043 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,660 1 0 375.9
2022 Q3 3,187 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,671 1 0 374.4
2022 Q1 2,627 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,091 2 0 647.0
2021 Q3 3,593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,198 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,349 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,330 2 0 858.4
2020 Q3 2,916 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,880 2 0 694.4
2020 Q1 3,184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,138 1 0 318.7
2019 Q3 3,537 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,491 3 0 1204.3
2019 Q1 3,473 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,906 1 0 524.7
2018 Q3 3,061 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,462 3 0 1218.5
2018 Q1 2,112 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,571 1 0 636.5
2017 Q3 1,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,588 2 0 772.8
2017 Q1 2,201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,518 2 1 1317.5
2016 Q3 2,598 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,655 1 0 273.6
2016 Q1 3,327 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,953 2 0 677.3
2015 Q3 3,062 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,760 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,884 5 2 1733.7
2014 Q4 3,798 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,709 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,918 2 0 510.5
2014 Q1 4,747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,682 2 0 543.2
2013 Q3 6,276 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,804 2 1 713.3
2013 Q1 2,436 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,488 3 0 1205.8
2012 Q3 2,575 7 1 2718.4
2012 Q2 2,319 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,688 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,017 1 0 495.8
2011 Q3 2,881 2 0 694.2
2011 Q2 2,978 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,754 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,936 4 1 1016.3
2010 Q3 2,900 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,516 10 7 3974.6
2010 Q1 2,230 10 3 4484.3
2009 Q4 2,680 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,501 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,160 6 1 1898.7
2009 Q1 2,884 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,533 4 1 1579.2
2008 Q3 2,638 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,823 3 0 784.7
2008 Q1 2,740 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,107 5 0 1217.4
2007 Q3 3,682 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,308 4 1 1209.2
2007 Q1 2,132 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,826 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,135 2 0 936.8
2006 Q2 1,765 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,338 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,023 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,552 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,751 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,106 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,811 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,426 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,727 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,210 1 0 452.5
2003 Q4 2,768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,258 3 0 920.8
2003 Q2 2,152 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,536 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,056 1 0 486.4
2002 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,240 3 1 1339.3
2002 Q1 2,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,960 5 1 2551.0
2001 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,120 1 1 471.7
2000 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,440 4 2 2777.8
2000 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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