Data / Mines / New Mexico / Intrepid Potash North
Intrepid Potash North: 53 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Intrepid Potash North is an active potash processing facility in Lea County, New Mexico, operated by Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC with 17 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902028). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 53 citations and orders there with $9,274 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902028
- Status
- Active since January 8, 1999
- Main commodity
- Potash
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Lea County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Lea
- Operator
- Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC
- Parent company
- Intrepid Potash Inc
- Employees
- 17
- MSHA field office
- Carlsbad NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 53
- Significant and substantial
- 5 (9.4%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $9,274
- Amount paid so far
- $9,008
- Inspections
- 16
- Inspector hours on site
- 155
- Citations per inspection
- 3.31 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 13, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 5 ($715 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 | 14 | 2 | $2,328 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | $3,210 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | $1,928 | 0 |
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | $1,661 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Intrepid Potash North
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 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.13021 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.13011 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4400 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Intrepid Potash North
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 Intrepid Potash North describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Lea County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jal Pit | Caliche Now LLC. | Lea County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 81 |
| R. S. I. Pit | Ramirez & Sons, Inc. | Lea County, NM | Shell | 7 | 76 |
| Carsbad / Hobbs Pit | Caliche Now LLC. | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 26 |
| Lea County Pits | Lea County Road Department | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 24 |
| The Finlay 120 | Ponderosa Trucking LLC | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 14 |
| Eunice | Permian Basin Materials, LLC | Lea County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 11 |
| Jal Crusher | United Materials, LLP | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 10 |
| Northcutt | United Materials, LLP | Lea County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Portable #4 | United Materials, LLP | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 4 | 3 |
| Ci Portable #1 | Constructors, Inc. | Lea County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 3 |
| Compton/ Crusher Model 4043T | Asap Oilfield Services LLC | Lea County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 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.