Tecolote Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Howard's Sand & Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
Eric Knezevich
Las Vegas NM,
San Miguel County,
NM
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2901119
Tecolote Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $452 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,133
proposed penalties
$5,681
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $452 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
44
inspections on record
337
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 337 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Tecolote Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $452 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$452
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 660 | 3 | 0 | 4545.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 9803.9 |
| 2023 Q3 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 29411.8 |
| 2022 Q3 | 502 | 6 | 1 | 11952.2 |
| 2022 Q2 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 59405.9 |
| 2020 Q3 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 46511.6 |
| 2017 Q3 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 8849.6 |
| 2016 Q3 | 757 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 6493.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 457 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 88 | 6 | 2 | 68181.8 |
| 2014 Q3 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,462 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 229 | 1 | 0 | 4366.8 |
| 2011 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 354 | 2 | 0 | 5649.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 201 | 3 | 1 | 14925.4 |
| 2009 Q4 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 431 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 257 | 7 | 1 | 27237.4 |
| 2006 Q4 | 387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 779 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 241 | 1 | 1 | 4149.4 |
| 2005 Q3 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 961 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 849 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 601 | 3 | 1 | 4991.7 |
| 2002 Q4 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 483 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 556 | 1 | 1 | 1798.6 |
| 2002 Q1 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 444 | 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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The full compliance file on Tecolote Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.