Mining Incidents

Lightle Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David L Dollar
Hennessey, Kingfisher County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3400527

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2019
Latest incident
Dec 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
36
significant & substantial
$32,587
proposed penalties
$32,587
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 12,918 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,486 1 0 64.6
2025 Q2 15,128 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 13,839 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 15,349 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 15,922 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 14,502 1 1 69.0
2024 Q1 12,254 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

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

December 26, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator OTHER
Lightle Sand & Construction LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I received a call from an EE telling me to call for an ambulance for IE. IE had been digging with an EC480 EL excavator. An EE told me that IE's excavator had stop moving, so the EE's went to check on IE. Two other EE's found IE unresponsive. The ambulance came and pronounced IE expired.

2016 · 1 incident

January 14, 2016 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Lightle Sand Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer's driver died of natural causes sitting in the parked truck.