Mining Incidents

SUNTEAL AGGREGATES: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sun Teal Aggregates Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dan Schumacher
Floa Vista FLa., San Juan County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901767

SUNTEAL AGGREGATES has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Mar 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,099
proposed penalties
$165
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,934 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
77
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: 77 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SUNTEAL AGGREGATES has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-27.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
64.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 71.4% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kent Nowlin Construction Inc 1979 to 1983
  2. Knc Inc 1983 to 1986
  3. Adobe Paving Inc 1986 to 1991
  4. Fesco Inc 1991 to 2001
  5. Sun Teal Aggregates Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 1
2003 1
2002 3
2001 4
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SUNTEAL AGGREGATES sits in San Juan County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
San Juan County, New Mexico · Population 121,178
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,020
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
2004 Q3 0 1 0
2004 Q1 735 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,258 3 0 2384.7
2001 Q3 783 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

March 5, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fesco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVIGN ROCK FROM CONVEYOR BELT, BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED FINGER.