Data / Mines / New Mexico / Vado Quarry
Vado Quarry, Dona Ana County, New Mexico: 48 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Vado Quarry is an active crushed, broken limestone surface mine in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, operated by GCC Sun City Materials LLC with 13 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902128). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 48 citations and orders there with $46,858 in proposed penalties, and 3 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902128
- Status
- Active since November 9, 1995
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken limestone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Dona Ana County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- El Paso
- Operator
- GCC Sun City Materials LLC
- Employees
- 13
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 48
- Significant and substantial
- 9 (18.8%)
- Closure orders
- 6
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $46,858
- Amount paid so far
- $46,858
- Inspections
- 14
- Inspector hours on site
- 138
- Citations per inspection
- 3.43 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 3
- Injury and illness cases
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 6, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($489 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 | 4 | 0 | $532 | 1 |
| 2023 | 22 | 6 | $23,387 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | $10,156 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | $9,725 | 0 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | $3,058 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Vado Quarry
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 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 46.8 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 46.5 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Vado Quarry
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 2 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Vado Quarry describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Vado Quarry
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Screen | 1 |
Other open mines in Dona Ana County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vado Quarry | Jobe Materials LP | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 32 |
| Toro Aggregates | GCC Sun City Materials LLC | Dona Ana County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 8 | 29 |
| D E Materials | D E Ready Mix Inc | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 20 |
| Mesquite Pit | Quattro Materials Center, LLC. | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 15 |
| Crusher #3 | Aggregate Technologies | Dona Ana County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 10 |
| Vado Pit | JMC & Sons Sand & Gravel | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| Mesquite Pit | Neo Trucking LLC | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 9 |
| Radium Springs Pit | JMC & Sons Sand & Gravel | Dona Ana County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 5 |
| Thurston Pit | Cobble Canyon LLC | Dona Ana County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 1 | 2 |
| Mesquite Quarry | GCC Sun City Materials LLC | Dona Ana County, NM | Sand, common | 2 | 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.