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Chino Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Southern Minerals Group · Surface

Controlled by Strategic Minerals PLC

Hanover, Grant County, NM · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2902562

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2025
Latest incident: Oct 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2025

citations

significant & substantial

$906

proposed penalties

$906

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	3,319	1	301.3
2025 Q3	1,061	0	0.0
2025 Q2	945	1	1058.2
2025 Q1	1,849	4	2163.3

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

2025 · 1 incident

October 10, 2025 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT

Southern Minerals Group · Struck against stationary object

While exiting mill building IE stepped on a grinding media ball and sprained EE's ankle