Data / Mines / New Mexico / Rustic Pit
Rustic Pit, Mckinley County, New Mexico: 29 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Rustic Pit is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Mckinley County, New Mexico, operated by Vernon Hamilton Construction Company with 4 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902570). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 29 citations and orders there with $21,546 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902570
- Status
- Intermittent since June 12, 2025
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mckinley County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- FT. Wingate
- Operator
- Vernon Hamilton Construction Company
- Employees
- 4
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 29
- Significant and substantial
- 6 (20.7%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 12
- Proposed penalties
- $21,546
- Amount paid so far
- $21,546
- Inspections
- 4
- Inspector hours on site
- 20
- Citations per inspection
- 7.25 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 29, 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 | 12 | 2 | $2,242 | 0 |
| 2026 | 17 | 4 | $19,304 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Rustic 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 | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9315 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14103 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.3 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.23003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14207 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Mckinley County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | Peabody Natural Resources Company | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 110 | 64 |
| Lee Ranch Coal Mine | Peabody Natural Resources Company | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 20 | 39 |
| Tampico Pit | Vernon Hamilton Construction Company | Mckinley County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 28 |
| San Antone Pit | Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. | Mckinley County, NM | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 18 |
| Brie Mine | Miocene, LLC | Mckinley County, NM | Potassium compounds | 2 | 14 |
| Addcar System 16 | Mega Highwall Mining LLC | Mckinley County, NM | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 5 |
| Page202 | Michele's Ready Mix Rock & Recycle Inc. | Mckinley County, NM | Not stated | 0 | 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.