# Intrepid Potash East

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2900170
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Potash
- **Location:** Eddy, NM
- **Operator:** Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
- **Controller:** Intrepid Potash Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 13,007
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Intrepid Potash Inc (0190720) → Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC (0052237) → Intrepid Potash East (2900170)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mississippi Chemical Corp → Mississippi Potash Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1985-04-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vertac Chemical Corp → New Mexico Potash Corp:** 1985-04-05 through 1986-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cedar Chemical Corp → New Mexico Potash Corp:** 1986-07-01 through 1996-08-15; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Mississippi Chemical Corp → Mississippi Potash Inc:** 1996-08-16 through 2004-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Hugh E  Harvey et al → Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC:** 2004-03-01 through 2022-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert P  Jornayvaz III → Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC:** 2022-02-26 through 2025-01-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Intrepid Potash Inc → Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC:** 2025-01-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2900170; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 18
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 12 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 238 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 5,514 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 362 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 2,101 violation rows across the full record; 322 carry an S&S flag and $913,661 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 88 samples:** Occupational health samples 88 personal. 6 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 110K employee hours and 198 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 540 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 218 contested-violation rows, 220 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 102 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 45 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 41 since 2021:** Inspections 263 inspection events and 14K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 57.12019 — Access to stationary electrical equipment or switchgear.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12019
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **30 CFR 57.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4200
- **30 CFR 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032
- **30 CFR 57.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4101
- **30 CFR 57.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14112
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3200

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 238 rows; 2000-01-01 through 2026-07-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1976-07-04 through 1976-07-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 2,083 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 220 rows; 2004-07-09 through 2026-05-27; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 102 rows; 2000-07-05 through 2024-07-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 218 rows; 2006-11-14 through 2026-06-01; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 5,912 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,241 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2004-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 263 rows; 2000-04-03 through 2026-08-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 424 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 108 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 88 rows; 2002-12-23 through 2025-03-06; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 2,101 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2026-08-19; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/intrepid-potash-east-2900170`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/intrepid-potash-east-2900170`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2900170/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2900170/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2900170/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`