Mining Incidents

Black Mesa Sand: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Black Mesa Sand, LLC · Surface
Boise City, Cimarron County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402110

Black Mesa Sand has $328 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$328
proposed penalties
$328
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
8
inspections on record
75
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: 75 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Mesa Sand has $328 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.
$328
proposed penalties
$328
current assessed
$328
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-07.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Black Mesa Sand, LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Black Mesa Sand sits in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Cimarron County, Oklahoma · Population 2,247
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$57,204
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
2017 Q1 265 1 0 3773.6
2016 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 259 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 678 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 430 2 0 4651.2
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 357 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 227 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 383 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 18 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.