Mining Incidents

7-Mile Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Dolese Bros. Co. · Surface
Controlled by Dolese Brothers Company
Ponca City, Kay County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3401867

7-Mile Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2012
Latest incident
Dec 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
96
citations
24
significant & substantial
$20,159
proposed penalties
$20,159
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
64
inspections on record
623
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 623 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

7-Mile Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 4,137 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,935 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,002 1 0 249.9
2025 Q1 3,151 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,119 1 0 320.6
2024 Q3 3,706 1 0 269.8
2024 Q2 3,065 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,972 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,028 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,701 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,534 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,553 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,393 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,879 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,690 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,772 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,844 1 0 351.6
2021 Q3 3,258 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,351 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,827 1 0 353.7
2020 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,279 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,062 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,094 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,024 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,026 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,917 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,704 2 0 298.3
2018 Q2 7,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,719 1 0 174.9
2017 Q4 5,965 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,930 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,560 1 0 152.4
2017 Q1 5,717 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,486 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,380 2 0 371.7
2016 Q2 6,151 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,607 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,056 2 2 395.6
2015 Q3 2,936 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,331 4 1 923.6
2015 Q1 6,777 2 2 295.1
2014 Q4 4,227 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,206 2 1 384.2
2014 Q2 5,717 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,300 4 1 754.7
2013 Q4 4,833 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,328 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,345 2 1 597.9
2013 Q1 2,816 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,771 1 0 209.6
2012 Q3 4,124 3 2 727.4
2012 Q2 3,810 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,804 2 0 713.3
2011 Q4 2,264 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,699 1 0 370.5
2011 Q2 2,402 5 2 2081.6
2011 Q1 2,587 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,323 4 2 1203.7
2010 Q3 3,255 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,355 3 0 1273.9
2010 Q1 1,889 3 1 1588.1
2009 Q4 3,190 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,013 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,179 1 0 458.9
2009 Q1 1,955 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,766 1 0 566.3
2008 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,778 2 0 1124.9
2008 Q1 1,464 4 1 2732.2
2007 Q4 1,811 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,281 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,518 3 0 1191.4
2007 Q1 1,426 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,270 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,405 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,318 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,265 6 1 4743.1
2005 Q4 1,264 1 0 791.1
2005 Q3 468 4 0 8547.0
2005 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 808 1 0 1237.6
2004 Q4 893 5 1 5599.1
2004 Q3 947 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 984 5 0 5081.3
2003 Q3 1,276 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,647 2 0 1214.3
2003 Q1 1,581 2 0 1265.0
2002 Q4 1,315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,604 10 6 6234.4
2002 Q2 1,229 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

December 12, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
7 Mile Mine, LLC · Struck by falling object

A new hire was helping load scraped iron, was told to stay back from swing area, he got in swing area and some iron fell from bucket and landed on top part of left foot, foot has 4 broken bones, he was not wearing steel toes boots as safety training required

July 27, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
7 Mile Mine, LLC · Fall from machine

This is to correct date of accident, regular customer got out of truck, started to climb on loader, slipped on step, fell and hit head,had site specific signed before entering pit area.

2003 · 1 incident

April 4, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal

AFTER SHOOTING A SHOT, EE & CO-WORKER WERE TAKING DOWN SCREENS OFF FUEL TANK. A SCREEN GRABBED EE'S LEATHER GLOVE AND PULLED HIM OFF FUEL TANK.THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

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The full compliance file on 7-Mile Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.