# Intrepid Potash North

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2902028
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Potash
- **Location:** Lea, NM
- **Operator:** Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
- **Controller:** Intrepid Potash Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,695
- **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 North (2902028)**

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:** 1988-09-01 through 2004-02-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2902028; 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 2902028; 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 2902028; 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 2902028; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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 — 1 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 260 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 54 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 354 violation rows across the full record; 36 carry an S&S flag and $59,541 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 25 samples:** Occupational health samples 25 personal. 0 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 12K employee hours and 22 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 76 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 35 contested-violation rows, 35 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 — 18 since 2021:** Inspections 97 inspection events and 2K 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 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.13021 — High-pressure hose connections.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13021
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11003
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.13011 — Air receiver tanks.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13011

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 21 rows; 2000-12-22 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1999-01-08 through 1999-01-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 351 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 35 rows; 2007-11-19 through 2024-03-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2005-09-13 through 2016-01-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 35 rows; 2007-01-30 through 2023-09-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,276 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 258 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1988-09-01 through 2004-03-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 97 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2026-07-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 184 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 47 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:** 25 rows; 2003-05-15 through 2018-02-07; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 354 rows; 2000-01-20 through 2026-06-23; 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-north-2902028`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/intrepid-potash-north-2902028`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2902028/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2902028/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2902028/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`