Mining Incidents

Blue Pool Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cinda Wood; Darren Wood
Kaw City, Kay County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3402137

Blue Pool Quarry has $553 in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$553
proposed penalties
$100
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
2
inspections on record
8
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: 8 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Pool Quarry has $553 in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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.
$553
proposed penalties
$553
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$453
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
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
2015 Q4 0 1 0
2015 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 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.

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