← All operators

Black Rock Services LLC operator

Controlled by Dale Armstrong

MSHA operator ID: 0144453

Watch this operator

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Black Rock Services LLC mine.

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 11
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2017–2026

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2016

118

citations

significant & substantial

$85,352

proposed penalties

$81,458

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026

2025

2024

2023

2021

3 (1f)

2019

2017

1 (1f)

Mines on record

Bonito Pit NM

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

September 21, 2021 NM · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Black Rock Services LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

For unknown reason an independent driver lost control of belly truck which caused it to jack knife, throwning driver from the cab. Driver was then run over by same truck.

March 24, 2017 NM · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Black Rock Services LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Approx. 8-8:30 pm after shift, employee drove a vehicle onto mine site and stopped close to generator, left vehicle running, gear selector in drive position, did not set emergency brake or chalk wheels. Got out and started generator. EE appeared to have come out of generator and stopped in front of vehicle to urinate, back to vehicle. Vehicle rolled, pinned EE against generator.