Data / Mines / New Mexico / The Finlay 120
The Finlay 120, Lea County, New Mexico: 14 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
The Finlay 120 is an intermittent crushed, broken stone surface mine in Lea County, New Mexico, operated by Ponderosa Trucking LLC with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902541). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 14 citations and orders there with $2,128 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902541
- Status
- Intermittent since April 13, 2026
- Main commodity
- Crushed, broken stone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lea County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Lovington
- Operator
- Ponderosa Trucking LLC
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Carlsbad NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 14
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (7.1%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,128
- Amount paid so far
- $2,128
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 12
- Citations per inspection
- 2.80 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 30, 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 | 9 | 1 | $1,373 | 0 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | $755 | 0 |
Standards cited most at The Finlay 120
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 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12023 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 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 |
| Intrepid Potash North | Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC | Lea County, NM | Potash | 17 | 53 |
| 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 |
| 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.