Mining Incidents

Victorio Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sam Mendoza
El Paso, El Paso County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4104366

Victorio Sand Pit has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $48K 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 2002
103
citations
25
significant & substantial
$48,522
proposed penalties
$696
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $47,826 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
74
inspections on record
785
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: 785 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Victorio Sand Pit has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $48K 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$696
paid to date
$48K
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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 1,466 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,974 13 2 6585.6
2025 Q2 1,580 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,270 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 737 1 0 1356.9
2024 Q3 1,201 3 0 2497.9
2024 Q2 1,527 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,829 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,348 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,313 1 0 761.6
2023 Q1 1,199 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 726 2 0 2754.8
2022 Q3 1,286 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,045 1 0 956.9
2022 Q1 920 2 0 2173.9
2021 Q4 607 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,018 1 1 982.3
2021 Q2 915 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 740 2 0 2702.7
2020 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 465 1 0 2150.5
2020 Q1 585 2 0 3418.8
2019 Q4 824 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,018 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 990 2 1 2020.2
2019 Q1 1,110 1 0 900.9
2018 Q4 494 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 792 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 440 1 1 2272.7
2017 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 628 2 0 3184.7
2017 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 318 2 0 6289.3
2016 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 533 3 0 5628.5
2015 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 524 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 585 1 0 1709.4
2014 Q4 649 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,869 1 0 535.0
2014 Q2 962 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,222 5 3 4091.7
2013 Q4 819 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,439 2 0 1389.9
2013 Q2 1,304 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,111 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 460 3 1 6521.7
2012 Q3 1,286 6 5 4665.6
2012 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 961 1 0 1040.6
2011 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 691 1 0 1447.2
2011 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 712 8 3 11236.0
2010 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 721 4 1 5547.9
2010 Q1 750 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 710 3 1 4225.4
2009 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,310 7 1 5343.5
2009 Q1 1,083 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 823 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 845 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 842 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 964 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,190 1 0 840.3
2006 Q4 1,132 2 0 1766.8
2006 Q3 1,075 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,475 1 0 678.0
2005 Q3 1,215 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,380 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,244 1 0 803.9
2003 Q4 682 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 957 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,348 1 0 741.8
2002 Q2 720 4 1 5555.6

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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The full compliance file on Victorio Sand 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.