MINE DETAILS
New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC
MSHA MINE ID2901785
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC32.30444, -104.04111Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
122,106reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 21,731 | 0.00 | 45 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 21,813 | 0.00 | 42 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 24,142 | 0.00 | 41 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 19,931 | 0.00 | 39 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 17,546 | 0.00 | 38 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 16,943 | 0.00 | 37 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
9416 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
60,089.0084 of 94 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
80.2517 inspections · 17 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 38 | 4 | 6,039.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 3 | 1 | 8,147.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 |
| 2025-Q3 | 5 | 1 | 1,422.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 6 | 1 | 3,827.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 1 | 6,101.00 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 26 | 3 | 15,311.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 4 | 2 | 19,242.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
56.12004
56.9300(a)
56.14100(b) · S&S
56.14112(a)(1)
56.12013(b)
56.15005 · S&S
56.14132 · S&S
56.14205
56.16006
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was working at the train loadout removing a gearbox using a hammer. While swinging the hammer, EE missed the gearbox and struck EE's upper left forearm with the gearbox with significant force, resulting in an injury to the left forearm.
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was cleaning the Questa facility after a truck ran into the building. As they were cleaning, a pipe rolled off the table and landed on their hand, causing an injury to their hand and left index-finger knuckle. This was not a mine site, but the employee typically works at the mine site.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 3.0 on-site hours
41.11(c) · $151.00 proposed
56.14100(c) · S&S · $14,557.00 proposed
56.15006 · S&S · $4,383.00 proposed
Spot Inspection · 13.0 on-site hours
56.14101(a)(3) · $151.00 proposed
56.20011 · $267.00 proposed
56.14112(a)(1) · $398.00 proposed
56.14112(a)(1) · $398.00 proposed
56.14112(a)(1) · $398.00 proposed
56.12028 · $267.00 proposed
56.4101 · $267.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Chase Clark WilsoncontrolsNew Mexico Salt & Minerals LLCoperatesNew Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2901785—
Wesley L WattscontrolsNew Mexico Salt & Minerals LLCoperatesNew Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2901785—
Edward N SiebertcontrolsS P N Dismantling IncoperatesNew Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2901785Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD6 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
357 violation rows across the full record; 106 carry an S&S flag and $313,177 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY155 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHcontext
Occupational health samples
21 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE21 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
17K employee hours and 37 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE43 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
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.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT0 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
108 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE35 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 18, 2026. 0 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.9300Berms or guardrails.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14112Construction and maintenance of guards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12013Splices and repairs of power cables.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.15005Safety belts and lines.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14132Horns and backup alarms.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14205Machinery, equipment, and tools.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
517379656.12004Citation
517379056.9300(a)Citation
517378956.14100(b)S&S
517378856.14112(a)(1)Citation
517378756.12013(b)Citation
517378656.15005S&S
517378556.14132S&S
517378456.14205Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.06Concentration: 0000.62 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.05Concentration: 0000.46 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.13 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzBagging Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.35 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
13 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors7Aug 3, 2015—Sep 22, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 28, 2005—Sep 28, 2005mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal341May 9, 2001—Jul 29, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal19Jun 6, 2011—Jul 20, 2015mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal5Oct 24, 2003—Aug 22, 2008mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal19Aug 31, 2009—Jul 13, 2026mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance3Sep 1, 1979—Sep 24, 1983mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance208Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance54Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance108Jan 4, 2000—Oct 6, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety21Mar 3, 2011—Oct 31, 2023mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal357May 9, 2001—Oct 9, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.