Mining Incidents

New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC operator

Controlled by Chase Clark Wilson
MSHA operator ID: L06884
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
315
citations
100
significant & substantial
$279,122
proposed penalties
$274,746
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,376 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
105
inspections on record
1,160
inspection hours
27.2
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.
315 citations across 1,160 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$279K
proposed penalties
$275K
current assessed
$275K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
289 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
3
2015
1
1987
1

Mines on record

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