Mining Incidents

Braden Metal/Non-Metal

Arkoma, Sequoyah County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3402234

Braden has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,045
proposed penalties
$894
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
6
inspections on record
114
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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Braden has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$894
paid to date
$151
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-10.
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
2025 Q4 2,809 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,597 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,601 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,404 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,961 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,416 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,498 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 3,450 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 20, 2026 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Valley Materials LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Overnight freeze led to a mud puddle near a service truck being partially frozen. Employee slipped on ice during plant inspection.

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