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Rio Felix Metal/Non-Metal

United Materials, LLP · Surface

Controlled by GMS Inc; David Shoup

Roswell, Chaves County, NM · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2902482

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2023
Latest incident: Jul 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2018

citations

significant & substantial

$2,535

proposed penalties

$2,535

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	4,456	0	0.0
2025 Q3	4,853	1	206.1
2025 Q2	10	0	0.0
2024 Q4	10	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,216	0	0.0
2024 Q1	4,694	0	0.0
2023 Q4	4,367	1	229.0
2023 Q2	867	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 14, 2023 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

United Materials, LLP · Fall from machine

EE was doing maintenance on front-end loader. EE missed a step coming down the ladder and fell on back. Safety took EE to a hospital. The hospital did a CT scan that found 4 compression fractures in EE's vertebrae and 1 broken rib. EE was able to go home that day and is seeing a spine and orthopedic specialist.