← Back to search

TO Mine Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Red Hill Lava Products, Inc. · Facility

Controlled by Conner Bjustrom

Des Moines, Union County, NM  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2902359

TO Mine Plant has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at TO Mine Plant.

Watch

Fatalities

0

Total incidents

2

Years on record

2008–2024

Latest incident

Apr 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

136

citations

32

significant & substantial

$58,671

proposed penalties

$44,465

paid to date

76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,206 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2008

60

inspections on record

822

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: 822 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TO Mine Plant has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 3 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.

$59K

proposed penalties

$56K

current assessed

$44K

paid to date

$11K

outstanding

126 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.

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	4,504	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	4,867	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	4,830	9	3	1863.4
2025 Q1	4,204	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	4,136	4	1	967.1
2024 Q3	3,105	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,063	5	4	1230.6
2024 Q1	4,863	0	0	0.0

Show 64 earlier quarters Hide earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	3,082	6	2	1946.8
2023 Q3	3,081	6	1	1947.4
2023 Q2	4,386	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	3,651	6	0	1643.4
2022 Q4	0	0	0
2022 Q3	0	1	0
2022 Q2	0	0	0
2022 Q1	0	4	3
2021 Q4	206	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	546	3	0	5494.5
2021 Q2	1,584	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	2,065	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	4,439	10	4	2252.8
2020 Q3	2,795	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	3,788	5	0	1320.0
2020 Q1	3,572	3	2	839.9
2019 Q4	3,508	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	3,596	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	2,139	2	1	935.0
2019 Q1	2,116	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	1,971	2	0	1014.7
2018 Q3	2,744	6	1	2186.6
2018 Q2	2,419	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	2,299	5	1	2174.9
2017 Q4	1,804	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	1,778	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	2,156	1	0	463.8
2017 Q1	1,819	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	1,899	2	0	1053.2
2016 Q3	2,028	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	2,034	5	0	2458.2
2016 Q1	2,336	5	1	2140.4
2015 Q4	2,216	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	2,358	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	2,648	5	1	1888.2
2015 Q1	2,463	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,698	6	2	2223.9
2014 Q3	2,126	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	2,422	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	1,959	2	0	1020.9
2013 Q4	2,209	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	2,288	1	0	437.1
2013 Q2	2,735	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	2,153	1	0	464.5
2012 Q4	2,162	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	1,961	3	0	1529.8
2012 Q2	2,079	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	2,488	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	1,566	1	0	638.6
2011 Q3	2,174	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	2,553	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	2,322	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,652	2	0	1210.7
2010 Q3	1,998	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	1,831	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	2,400	5	2	2083.3
2009 Q4	2,132	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,729	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	0	0	0
2009 Q1	2,120	6	1	2830.2
2008 Q4	1,314	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	2,420	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	3,392	4	0	1179.2
2008 Q1	2,116	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 12, 2024 NM · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER

Red Hill Lava Products, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was opening the door of office trailer and started stepping down to the landing, when a strong gust of wind slammed up against the door while they held the door knob. They were caught by the wind and thrust out of the door and fell to the landing/ground.

2008 · 1 incident

March 20, 2008 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Colorado Lava Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee reached in to clear some bags that were stuck in the machine. The machine had been stopping and starting, and while it was stopped for a noticeable period of time, EE thought is would be safe to retrieve the bags. Instead of shutting the machine off first, he reached in. The machine started again and the employee's hand was caught between the belt and the rollers.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on TO Mine Plant

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.

Get the report ($149) See a sample report Monitor a whole book of operators, $99/mo