Data / Mines / New Mexico / Pena Blanca
Pena Blanca, Sandoval County, New Mexico: 9 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pena Blanca is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Sandoval County, New Mexico, operated by CalMat Co with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 2901771). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 9 citations and orders there with $1,327 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2901771
- Status
- Active since October 1, 2024
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Sandoval County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Pena Blanca
- Operator
- CalMat Co
- Parent company
- Vulcan Materials Company
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 9
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,327
- Amount paid so far
- $1,327
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 74
- Citations per inspection
- 1.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 8, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | $433 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | $441 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Pena Blanca
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 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12023 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14206 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14205 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Pena Blanca
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Pena Blanca describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Sandoval County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spring Mine | Menefee Mining Corp | Sandoval County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 7 | 41 |
| Mesa Verde Humates, LLC | Mesa Verde Humates, LLC | Sandoval County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 8 | 39 |
| Horizon Ag Products | Horizon Ag Products | Sandoval County, NM | Chem. and fertil. mnls. | 3 | 33 |
| White Mesa | American Gypsum Company LLC | Sandoval County, NM | Gypsum | 7 | 9 |
| Placitas | CalMat Co | Sandoval County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 7 |
| Eagle Mesa Mine | Rammsco Operations Inc. | Sandoval County, NM | Leonardite | 2 | 6 |
| Baca Pit | CalMat Co | Sandoval County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 1 |
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.