Data / Mines / New Mexico / Navajo Mine
Navajo Mine, San Juan County, New Mexico: 75 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Navajo Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in San Juan County, New Mexico, operated by Bisti Fuels Company LLC with 357 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2900097). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 75 citations and orders there with $36,518 in proposed penalties, and 19 accident reports were filed there, with 18 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2900097
- Status
- Active since May 6, 1963
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- San Juan County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Fruitland
- Operator
- Bisti Fuels Company LLC
- Parent company
- Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC
- Employees
- 357
- MSHA field office
- Farmington NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 75
- Significant and substantial
- 8 (10.7%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 6
- Proposed penalties
- $36,518
- Amount paid so far
- $36,518
- Inspections
- 32
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,495
- Citations per inspection
- 2.34 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 19
- Injury and illness cases
- 18
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 22, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 11 ($1,867 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | $9,327 | 8 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 | $5,184 | 1 |
| 2024 | 23 | 3 | $11,518 | 5 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | $5,301 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | $5,188 | 3 |
Standards cited most at Navajo Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 15 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1101 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 71.206 | Surface coal mines, health | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.409 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.509 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 71.501 | Surface coal mines, health | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Navajo Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 8 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 10 |
What the accident reports at Navajo Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 5 |
| Handling of materials | 5 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Navajo Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Road grader | 2 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Locomotive | 1 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
| Bench grinder | 1 |
| Shovel | 1 |
Other open mines in San Juan County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Mine 1 | San Juan Coal Company | San Juan County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 58 | 106 |
| Waterflow Pit | Swbb, Inc. | San Juan County, NM | Sand, industrial | 3 | 17 |
| Fisher Industries Plant 32 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Company | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 16 |
| Bloomfield Processing Facility | B8D, LLC | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 64 | 11 |
| #204-RC II | C & J Gravel Products Inc | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 11 |
| Mesa Sand and Gravel Pit 1 | Mesa Sand and Gravel, Inc. | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 7 |
| NM Crusher #1 (portable) | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | San Juan County, NM | Sand, common | 6 | 5 |
| CR #2 | C & E Concrete Inc | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 4 |
| Kirtland Pit | Vernon Hamilton Construction Company | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 1 |
| ABC Pit #1 | ABC Concrete Manufacturing, Inc. | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 0 |
| ABC Rental Crusher & Screen | ABC Concrete Manufacturing, Inc. | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 0 |
| SHill Gravel Pit | Navajo Engineering and Construction Authority | San Juan County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.