Mining Incidents

Arbuckle Pawnee Inc.: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James A Duit
Red Rock, Pawnee County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402033

Arbuckle Pawnee Inc. has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,434
proposed penalties
$3,434
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
10
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Arbuckle Pawnee Inc. has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.2%
significant & substantial
11.5%
high negligence or reckless
19.2%
reasonably likely or greater
84.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.4% low, 73.1% moderate, 11.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 42% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 27%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 73%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-10-17.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2014-28M Default Lesnick 2014 $1K → $1K
CENT 2012-752M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $300 → $300
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Duit Construction Co. Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 4
2012 7
2010 5
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Arbuckle Pawnee Inc. sits in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 2.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pawnee County, Oklahoma · Population 15,689
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$57,551
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2013 Q3 1,684 10 5 5938.2
2012 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,698 3 0 1111.9
2012 Q1 738 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,007 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,599 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,192 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 785 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 359 8 0 22284.1
2008 Q3 2,249 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,085 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,437 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,712 3 0 1106.2
2007 Q3 3,225 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,669 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,486 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 21, 2009 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duit Construction Co. Inc. · Fall from machine

Dismounting CAT 400 End-dump. The individual was climb out of the cab. His feet entangled on step and hand slipped off door, fell backwards and landed on back and right elbow.