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Lee Ranch Coal Mine: 39 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Lee Ranch Coal Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Mckinley County, New Mexico, operated by Peabody Natural Resources Company with 20 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2901879). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 39 citations and orders there with $11,679 in proposed penalties, and 8 accident reports were filed there, with 8 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2901879
- Status
- Active since March 18, 2024
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mckinley County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Grants
- Operator
- Peabody Natural Resources Company
- Parent company
- Peabody Energy Corporation
- Employees
- 20
- MSHA field office
- Farmington NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 39
- Significant and substantial
- 6 (15.4%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 5
- Proposed penalties
- $11,679
- Amount paid so far
- $11,287
- Inspections
- 23
- Inspector hours on site
- 469
- Citations per inspection
- 1.70 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 8
- Injury and illness cases
- 8
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 27, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 9 ($7,268 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 | 3 | 1 | $500 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | $1,090 | 0 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4 | $8,191 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | $1,370 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | $528 | 2 |
Standards cited most at Lee Ranch Coal 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 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1101 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1303 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.209 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.502-2 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1600 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Lee Ranch Coal Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 7 |
What the accident reports at Lee Ranch Coal Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Lee Ranch Coal Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Mckinley County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | Peabody Natural Resources Company | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 110 | 64 |
| Rustic Pit | Vernon Hamilton Construction Company | Mckinley County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 29 |
| Tampico Pit | Vernon Hamilton Construction Company | Mckinley County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 28 |
| San Antone Pit | Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. | Mckinley County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 18 |
| Brie Mine | Miocene, LLC | Mckinley County, NM | Potassium compounds | 2 | 14 |
| Addcar System 16 | Mega Highwall Mining LLC | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 5 |
| Page202 | Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. | Mckinley County, NM | Not stated | 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.