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Cottonwood Pit, Chaves County, New Mexico: 5 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Cottonwood Pit is an intermittent sand, common surface mine in Chaves County, New Mexico, operated by United Materials, LLP with 5 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902430). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 5 citations and orders there with $755 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902430
- Status
- Intermittent since December 1, 2025
- Main commodity
- Sand, common
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Chaves County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Jal
- Operator
- United Materials, LLP
- Employees
- 5
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 5
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (20.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $755
- Amount paid so far
- $755
- Inspections
- 1
- Inspector hours on site
- 4
- Citations per inspection
- 5.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | $755 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Cottonwood Pit
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 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Cottonwood Pit
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 Cottonwood Pit describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Electrical | 1 |
Other open mines in Chaves County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch Pit | J & H Services Inc | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 6 | 35 |
| Pollard Pit | United Materials, LLP | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 27 |
| Waide Sand & Gravel | Waide Sand & Gravel Company | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 25 |
| Roswell Pit | United Materials, LLP | Chaves County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 18 |
| Rio Felix | United Materials, LLP | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 17 |
| Crusher No. 2 | James Hamilton Construction Company | Chaves County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 8 | 10 |
| Brasher Pit | Custom Sand & Gravel, LLC | Chaves County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 10 |
| Brasher Pit | Waide Sand & Gravel Company | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 10 |
| Msci Crusher #5 | Mountain States Constructors Inc | Chaves County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 9 |
| Cy of Roswell Gravel Pit | City Of Roswell | Chaves County, NM | Crushed, broken sandstone | 3 | 8 |
| Portable Gravel Pit | Ag Services Construction, Inc. | Chaves County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 5 |
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.