Mining Incidents

Versatile Crusher #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank J Smith Jr
Clayton, Union County, NM  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902499

Versatile Crusher #2 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
23
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,880
proposed penalties
$7,880
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
14
inspections on record
184
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: 184 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Versatile Crusher #2 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 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.
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 1,310 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,847 10 7 5414.2
2025 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 481 4 1 8316.0
2023 Q4 984 1 0 1016.3
2023 Q3 1,216 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 1,529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,911 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,737 3 0 1727.1
2022 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,679 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,931 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,991 1 0 502.3
2021 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,498 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,335 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 949 1 0 1053.7
2019 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,185 3 0 2531.6

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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