Mining Incidents

Bartlesville Quarry: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bison Materials LLC · Surface
Bartlesville, Washington County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3400052

Bartlesville Quarry has $5K 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
10
Years on record
1983–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
42
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,327
proposed penalties
$5,327
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
257
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bartlesville Quarry has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 78.6% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2020-09-16, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.1 0.54 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 2.14 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.19 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 2 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 1.83 0.37 Utility Man
2003-10-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.92 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.57 0.32 Truck Driver
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 2.21 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bellco Materials Inc 1950 to 2007
  2. APAC-Oklahoma Inc 2008 to 2009
  3. APAC-Central, Inc 2009 to 2020
  4. Bison Materials LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 4
2022 5
2021 6
2020 6
2010 1
2009 4
2008 5
2007 6
2006 5
2005 5
2004 4
2003 7
2002 5
2001 6
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bartlesville Quarry sits in Washington County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 4.2% 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.
Washington County, Oklahoma · Population 52,895
4.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,205
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
2026 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,362 3 0 2202.6
2025 Q4 851 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,256 4 1 1773.0
2024 Q2 1,692 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,832 5 0 2729.3
2023 Q4 1,973 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,543 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,392 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,900 1 0 256.4
2022 Q4 3,955 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,105 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,050 4 1 987.7
2022 Q1 4,215 2 2 474.5
2021 Q4 4,250 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,221 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,330 2 0 461.9
2020 Q4 4,195 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,206 1 0 237.8
2020 Q2 3,801 2 0 526.2
2010 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,605 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,931 1 0 341.2
2008 Q4 2,989 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,644 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,116 2 0 641.8
2008 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,457 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,499 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,803 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,375 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,778 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,127 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,067 3 0 424.5
2005 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,945 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,088 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 783 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 791 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,071 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,318 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,414 6 1 809.3
2003 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 851 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,255 5 2 689.2
2002 Q4 2,747 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,072 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,488 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,646 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 819 1 0 1221.0
2001 Q1 6,579 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,287 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 10, 2009 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
APAC-Oklahoma Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received a small avulsion fracture while changing V-belts on an impact crusher.

2003 · 1 incident

January 16, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bellco Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD DRIVEN 1 COMPANY VEHICLE TO THE AREA WHERE OTHER EE'S WERE REPAIRING A GEAR BOX. THE EE EXITED THE CO. VEHICLE & WAS STANDING BETWEEN 2 COMP. VEHICLES. ONE OF THE VEHICLES BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD A FEW FEET AND THE EE WHO HAD TRIED TO STOP THE COMP. VEHICLE BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE 2 VEHICLES.

2001 · 1 incident

January 3, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE GOT OUT OF POWDER TRUCK TO PUT FUEL INTO IT. WHILE WALKING AROUNG THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, HESLID ON SNOW AND FELL, TWISTING HIS LEG BEHIND HIM.

1993 · 1 incident

February 8, 1993 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Fall down stairs

SLIPPED & FELL ON STAIRS, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH LEFT HAND & SHOULDER.

1992 · 1 incident

November 14, 1992 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bellco Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS TO CLOSE TO MOVING TRUCK TIRE RAN OVER FOOT

1991 · 1 incident

November 15, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellco Materials Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING BRAKES ON PICKUP, BRAKE FLUID SPLATTERED AND SOME WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

1986 · 1 incident

July 2, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellco Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ATTEMPTED TO3ASSIST IN LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL ON RACK RESULTING IN INJURY & SPASM TO BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

July 17, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED GETTING3OUT OF TRUCK AND HIT FINGER ON TRUCK OR GROUND.

1983 · 2 incidents

April 11, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bellco Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP AT A WORKBENCH, HE HAD PART OF A BOOSTER BRAKE FROM HIS TRUCK IN A VISE, WHEN A PIECE OF IT FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

February 8, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellco Materials Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS ON THE FEEDER TO MAKE REPAIRS HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE FEEDER ONTO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT KNEE RECENT SNOW HAD MELTED AND HE SLIPPED ON THE WATER OR THE DAMPNESS OF THE FEEDER