Bouse Junction Plant #1882 has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2004–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
148
citations
31
significant & substantial
$47,617
proposed penalties
$31,906
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,711 gap.
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.
148 citations across 1,136 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-01-14.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Bouse Junction Plant #1882 has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 7 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
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.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 8%
Still open
3 · 25%
57%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $8K 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 2026-04-21.
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.
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: 2025-09-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
44
samples
30
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz15
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz12
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (44)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.49
10
0.25
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.05
10
0.61
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2024-07-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.62
10
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.53
10
0.25
Truck Driver
2024-07-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.84
10
0.08
Drill Operator, Rotary
2024-07-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.32
10
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.39
10
0.14
Truck Driver
2020-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.28
10
0.13
Cont. Miner Operator
2020-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
4.36
10
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.5
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Cutting Mach Operator
2017-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.04
10
0.10
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cont. Miner Operator
2015-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2015-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2015-09-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
10
0.04
Cont. Miner Operator
2010-10-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2010-10-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.43
10
0.34
Cutting Mach Operator
2010-04-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.46
10
0.35
Cutting Mach Operator
2010-04-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Tractor Operator
2010-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2010-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
2.27
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Utility Man
2007-10-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2004-02-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Utility Man
2004-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-02-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2003-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
1.78
0.48
Truck Driver
2003-04-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
10
0.04
Utility Man
2003-04-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-08-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
1.7
0.42
Bulldozer Operator
2001-08-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Utility Man
2001-08-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-08-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Truck Driver
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.
Bouse Junction Plant #1882 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.92 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
2.92
2.92
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
4.88
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
2.38
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
31
2025
28
2024
29
2023
29
2022
27
2021
30
2020
39
2019
39
2018
36
2017
35
2016
29
2015
27
2014
28
2013
30
2012
36
2011
25
2010
19
2009
19
2008
30
2007
30
2006
26
2005
30
2004
18
2003
16
2002
14
2001
14
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bouse Junction Plant #1882 sits in Major County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 12.4% 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.
Major County, Oklahoma · Population 7,656
12.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,229
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
21,246
4
0
188.3
2026 Q1
16,344
7
1
428.3
2025 Q4
17,945
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
18,379
2
0
108.8
2025 Q2
18,819
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
18,844
9
2
477.6
2024 Q4
17,554
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
20,243
3
0
148.2
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
19,242
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
18,810
2
1
106.3
2023 Q4
17,192
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
17,857
2
0
112.0
2023 Q2
16,368
4
1
244.4
2023 Q1
18,208
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
16,850
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
18,316
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
16,990
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
16,361
3
1
183.4
2021 Q4
14,906
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
14,428
4
0
277.2
2021 Q2
15,213
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
16,971
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
20,245
3
1
148.2
2020 Q3
21,091
3
1
142.2
2020 Q2
20,587
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
20,046
2
0
99.8
2019 Q4
19,354
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
24,155
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
23,485
2
0
85.2
2019 Q1
23,942
3
0
125.3
2018 Q4
18,377
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
19,663
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
24,039
4
0
166.4
2018 Q1
22,009
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
21,925
3
0
136.8
2017 Q3
22,758
3
1
131.8
2017 Q2
21,668
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
19,918
4
1
200.8
2016 Q4
18,275
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
21,521
1
1
46.5
2016 Q2
21,935
1
0
45.6
2016 Q1
12,983
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
13,587
5
0
368.0
2015 Q3
18,374
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
16,896
3
0
177.6
2015 Q1
11,046
6
2
543.2
2014 Q4
23,708
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
19,279
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
18,049
5
3
277.0
2014 Q1
13,127
3
2
228.5
2013 Q4
18,774
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
18,754
3
0
160.0
2013 Q2
22,777
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
18,039
6
3
332.6
2012 Q4
24,542
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
21,574
3
0
139.1
2012 Q2
24,794
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
16,644
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
16,522
6
2
363.2
2011 Q3
15,546
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
12,833
4
2
311.7
2011 Q1
10,419
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
8,694
3
0
345.1
2010 Q3
13,260
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
9,299
1
0
107.5
2010 Q1
8,369
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
9,062
1
0
110.4
2009 Q3
8,975
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,096
3
0
370.6
2009 Q1
12,192
1
0
82.0
2008 Q4
15,027
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
18,128
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
15,811
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
17,748
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
15,397
2
1
129.9
2007 Q3
19,368
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
13,965
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
13,980
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
11,559
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
13,709
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
12,434
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,990
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
12,983
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
15,730
1
0
63.6
2005 Q2
17,150
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
13,415
3
0
223.6
2004 Q4
11,835
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,136
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
10,901
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
8,659
1
0
115.5
2003 Q4
9,856
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,858
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
9,483
1
0
105.5
2003 Q1
7,304
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
8,467
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,672
1
0
130.3
2002 Q2
9,421
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,739
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,216
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,911
2
1
224.4
2001 Q2
9,074
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,933
2
2
337.1
2000 Q4
6,679
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,906
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,241
2
1
381.6
2000 Q1
4,950
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file
2022 · 1 incident
February 23, 2022OK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Miner was looking for A/C leak when EE's foot slipped from the door way to the track approximately 2 feet. The miner refused medical treatment at the time of injury stating EE's ankle was just sore. The miner stated EE's ankle had not improved on 11/21/2018 and requested treatment, the MRI indicated EE's left Achilles tendon was torn.
2015 · 1 incident
September 26, 2015OK · Metal/Non-Metalassistant mine foreman, assistant mine managerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The miner was using an acetylene torch to remove an unsupported section of an iron platform. The miner chose to make the final cut from below and to the side instead of from above the section. The section fell at an angle striking the miners right foot breaking the cuneiform bone.
2014 · 3 incidents
September 8, 2014OK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
IE was standing to side of a forklift when the operator of the forklift accidentally pushed on the gas instead of brake while IE was assisting in loading a part onto the forklift. Part of the forklift(Not the forks) struck the IE in the side, likely bruising him. Has not returned to work because of other findings by Dr.
May 14, 2013OK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Turned head to the right to see behind him and felt pain in neck, right shoulder, right arm.
March 8, 2013OK · Metal/Non-Metalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeyHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACG Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
IE's tip of left index finger was smashed during a repair on a hammer drill. After taken to the emergency room, at approx 3PM IE's finger was removed back to just below the finger nail. IE returned to work on next scheduled day 3/10/13.
January 30, 2013OK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was hammering out a bolt in a hole when the hammer struck the washer that was still on the bolt, the washer hit the employee's lip cutting it open. Employee was wearing safety glasses. No lost time. 4 stitches were given.
2011 · 1 incident
June 13, 2011OK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
ACG Materials · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
While working on A/C on truck, reached into fan and cut tip of right hand middle finger almost completely through.
2008 · 1 incident
June 2, 2008OK · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerOTHER
Tail pulley guard had been removed on the oversize stacker so work on it could be performed. Employee was standing by the guard waiting for the skidsteer to move in so they could attach it and put the guard back on. A high gust of wind blew the guard over and into employee hitting him in the side.
2007 · 1 incident
May 18, 2007OK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)