Bonito Pit, Valencia County, New Mexico: 115 MSHA citations

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Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Bonito Pit is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Valencia County, New Mexico, operated by Black Rock Services LLC with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902450). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 115 citations and orders there with $96,383 in proposed penalties, and 6 accident reports were filed there, with 6 injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID: 2902450
Status: Active since November 15, 2023
Main commodity: Construction sand and gravel
Mine type: Surface
County: Valencia County, New Mexico
Nearest town: Los Lunas
Operator: Black Rock Services LLC
Employees: 3
MSHA field office: Albuquerque NM Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022: 115
Significant and substantial: 19 (16.5%)
Closure orders: 1
High negligence or reckless: 21
Proposed penalties: $96,383
Amount paid so far: $94,934
Inspections: 28
Inspector hours on site: 350
Citations per inspection: 4.11 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports: 6
Injury and illness cases: 6
Fatalities: 0
Latest MSHA record: November 4, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here: 3 ($3,599 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	23	5	$4,649	0
2023	26	5	$39,650	1
2024	4	3	$17,377	1
2025	10	1	$2,557	2
2026	52	5	$32,150	2

Standards cited most at Bonito 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 56.14107	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	19
30 CFR 56.12004	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	9
30 CFR 56.14112	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	9
30 CFR 56.14207	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	7
30 CFR 56.12008	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	6
30 CFR 50.30	Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses	4
30 CFR 56.14132	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	4
30 CFR 56.14100	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	4
30 CFR 56.12032	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	4
30 CFR 56.14101	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	3
30 CFR 56.5001	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	3
30 CFR 56.20003	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	3
30 CFR 56.4201	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2
30 CFR 56.11012	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2
30 CFR 56.11003	Surface metal and nonmetal mines	2

Injury and illness cases at Bonito Pit

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

Degree	Cases
Days away from work or restricted activity	4
No lost time, or an occupational illness	2

What the accident reports at Bonito Pit describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

Classification	Reports
Slip or fall of person	3
Handtools (nonpowered)	2
Machinery	1

Equipment named in accident reports at Bonito Pit

Equipment	Reports
Hand tools (not powered)	2
Crusher	1
Hand tools (powered)	1

Other open mines in Valencia County, New Mexico

Mine	Operator	County	Main commodity	Employees	Citations since 2022
Mountain States Crusher GCP 3164	Mountain States Constructors Inc	Valencia County, NM	Crushed, broken stone	14	29
Castillo Pit	Castillo Ready Mix Inc	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	3	26
Orona	Duke City Redi-Mix	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	3	24
J. Herman Tabet Veguita Pit	Sanchez Sand and Gravel	Valencia County, NM	Sand, common	2	20
Cordova Pit	Dms&g LLC	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	2	16
Blue Springs	Coyote Gravel Products, Inc.	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	3	11
Tome Pit	Valley Materials	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	3	9
Mountain States Crusher GCP2-4887	Mountain States Constructors Inc	Valencia County, NM	Sand, common	10	7
Rancho Viejo Mine	Rancho Viejo, LLC	Valencia County, NM	Sand, common	2	6
Msci Crusher #4	Mountain States Constructors Inc	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	5	5
Thistle	Albuquerque Asphalt Inc.	Valencia County, NM	Construction sand and gravel	18	4

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.