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Lowdermilk, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico: 47 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Lowdermilk is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, operated by Espanola Transit Mix Company with 20 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2901712). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 47 citations and orders there with $12,883 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 2 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2901712
- Status
- Active since January 11, 1978
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Espanola
- Operator
- Espanola Transit Mix Company
- Employees
- 20
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 47
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $12,883
- Amount paid so far
- $9,128
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 182
- Citations per inspection
- 3.92 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 29, 2026
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 | 3 | 0 | $399 | 1 |
| 2023 | 28 | 0 | $7,759 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | $4,205 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $226 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Lowdermilk
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 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14108 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.16006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Lowdermilk
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Lowdermilk describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Disorders (physical agents) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Lowdermilk
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM Pipe, LLC | GM Pipe, LLC | Rio Arriba County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 38 |
| Rocky Mountain Mine | Cr Minerals Company LLC | Rio Arriba County, NM | Pumice | 2 | 35 |
| Ohkay Owingeh Pit | Leroy's Excavating, Inc. | Rio Arriba County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 23 |
| Brazos Pit | Russell Sand & Gravel Company Inc | Rio Arriba County, NM | Sand, common | 3 | 15 |
| Arriba Concrete | Arriba Concrete & Construction, Inc. | Rio Arriba County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 3 |
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.