Mining Incidents

Torres Pit Gonzales Sand & Gravel: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gonzales Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Joseph Gonzales
Taos, Taos County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902063

Torres Pit Gonzales Sand & Gravel has $2K 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
20
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,566
proposed penalties
$1,566
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
18
inspections on record
141
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: 141 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Torres Pit Gonzales Sand & Gravel has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-22.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 93.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20010186M Settlement Barbour 2001 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Gonzales Sand & Gravel 1990 to 2008
  2. Gonzales Sand & Gravel 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Torres Pit Gonzales Sand & Gravel sits in Taos County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Taos County, New Mexico · Population 34,516
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$58,908
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
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 243 1 0 4115.2
2009 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 80 3 2 37500.0
2004 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 96 15 2 156250.0
2000 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 60 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.