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: 869 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Brakefield #1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $121 in penalties contested before the Commission, $121 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$121 proposed, $121 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2019-12-31.
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.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
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: 2026-07-29
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-07-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.91
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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.
Brakefield #1 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 *
6.73
6.73
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
2.12
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
12
2025
12
2024
14
2023
15
2022
15
2021
14
2020
14
645
2019
44
178,040
2018
43
225,858
2017
41
53,331
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Brakefield #1 sits in Craig County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Craig County, Oklahoma · Population 14,215
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$50,182
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
6,296
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
7,421
4
0
539.0
2025 Q4
7,509
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,238
1
0
138.2
2025 Q2
7,294
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,412
1
0
156.0
2024 Q4
7,695
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,589
2
0
263.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,615
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,806
2
1
293.9
2023 Q4
6,849
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
7,465
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,700
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,664
2
1
261.0
2022 Q4
2,372
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
7,795
2
0
256.6
2022 Q2
7,030
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
6,258
1
0
159.8
2021 Q4
6,472
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,266
2
0
275.3
2021 Q2
6,525
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,988
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,860
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,285
2
1
318.2
2020 Q2
6,329
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,936
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
22,694
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
23,782
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
23,518
2
0
85.0
2019 Q1
24,365
3
0
123.1
2018 Q4
25,430
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
25,125
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
24,318
4
0
164.5
2018 Q1
22,973
13
3
565.9
2017 Q4
22,723
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,068
5
2
1629.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2026 · 1 incident
August 3, 2026OK · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Employee was walking towards an excavator moving away from the crusher when a small rock flipped out of the back of crusher hitting the employee in the back of the head. Employee was wearing a hard hat and all required PPE.
2024 · 1 incident
December 5, 2024OK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was tempting to load a screen from a screening plant on the back of flat bed truck, it was not pushed up far enough and slipped off the end of the truck landing on their left foot. Employee was wearing steel toe boots and gloves. Left foot was bruised.
2019 · 1 incident
March 11, 2019OK · Metal/Non-Metalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeyHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While helping load a large tank on a trailer to move it to another location, the injured cut EE's thumb on a sharp piece of metal requiring six stitches.
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