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Portable #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Williams Diversified Materials, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Sandra Lee Williams

Picher, Cherokee County, KS · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1401792

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2018
Latest incident: May 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2019

citations

significant & substantial

$242

proposed penalties

$242

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	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	722	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	172	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	181	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	116	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	17	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	621	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	79	0	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

2018 · 1 incident

May 9, 2018 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Williams Diversified Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using wrench to install rollers on portable plant. Felt a "pop" in rt shoulder. Refused medical treatment until 05/16/18. Placed on light duty. No light duty available. Returned to regular duty 05/22/18. Follow-up with dr 5/31. Placed on light duty. No light duty available.