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Broken Bow Sand & Gravel: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Broken Bow, Mccurtain County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3400460

Broken Bow Sand & Gravel has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1990–2018
Latest incident
Apr 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
105
citations
27
significant & substantial
$65,810
proposed penalties
$55,310
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
68
inspections on record
1,016
inspection hours
10.3
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.
105 citations across 1,016 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Broken Bow Sand & Gravel has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$66K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$55K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $53K in penalties contested before the Commission, $42K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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.
26.0%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
26.0%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.2% low, 76.0% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 75%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 25%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$53K proposed, $42K 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 2014-09-23.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2013-233M Settlement Rae 2014 $52K → $42K
CENT 2014-0623 Withdrawal Lesnick 2015 $138 → $0
CENT 2011-861M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
CENT 2012-547M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2021-04-27, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2016-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.38 0.17 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.45 0.67 Utility Man
2011-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2011-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2003-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.47 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.25 0.11 Grizzly Man
2003-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.31 0.45 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.27 0.74 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.32 0.30 Front-end Loader 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.

Broken Bow Sand & Gravel 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Anderson-Dunham Inc 1950 to 1990
  2. B & B Sand & Gravel 1990 to 2003
  3. Broken Bow Sand & Gravel Inc 2003 to 2007
  4. Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 13
2025 13
2024 12
2023 11
2022 11
2021 10
2020 9
2019 9
2018 12
2017 17
2016 17
2015 17
2014 15
2013 20
2012 16
2011 13
2010 14
2009 13
2008 8
2007 6
2006 6
2005 7
2004 7
2003 6
2002 5
2001 5
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Broken Bow Sand & Gravel sits in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
McCurtain County, Oklahoma · Population 30,825
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,175
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 7,879 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,552 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,260 1 0 159.7
2025 Q3 5,742 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,602 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,851 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,539 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,736 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,184 1 0 139.2
2023 Q3 7,833 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,157 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,602 2 1 263.1
2022 Q4 7,883 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,639 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,963 1 1 125.6
2022 Q1 5,995 2 0 333.6
2021 Q4 5,363 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,004 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,814 1 0 146.8
2021 Q1 5,118 1 0 195.4
2020 Q4 6,608 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,811 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,313 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,370 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,871 1 0 348.3
2019 Q3 1,544 1 0 647.7
2019 Q2 2,478 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,572 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,646 2 1 354.2
2018 Q3 6,516 2 1 306.9
2018 Q2 6,860 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 8,145 2 0 245.5
2017 Q4 8,479 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 9,511 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,111 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,009 5 2 499.6
2016 Q4 10,193 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 11,592 1 0 86.3
2016 Q2 9,694 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 9,139 3 0 328.3
2015 Q4 10,950 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 12,593 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,760 1 0 114.2
2015 Q1 7,472 1 0 133.8
2014 Q4 10,660 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,417 1 1 155.8
2014 Q2 8,687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9,022 1 1 110.8
2013 Q4 9,596 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11,657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 11,867 2 1 168.5
2013 Q1 11,615 1 0 86.1
2012 Q4 10,258 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,929 1 0 83.8
2012 Q2 10,568 3 2 283.9
2012 Q1 6,470 1 0 154.6
2011 Q4 7,141 1 1 140.0
2011 Q3 9,570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,707 3 2 344.6
2011 Q1 7,900 2 0 253.2
2010 Q4 8,981 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,895 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,853 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 9,347 1 0 107.0
2009 Q3 9,435 2 0 212.0
2009 Q2 8,978 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,644 1 0 215.3
2008 Q3 5,207 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,054 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,004 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,748 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,267 3 0 703.1
2007 Q2 4,892 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,589 8 1 3090.0
2006 Q4 2,741 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,950 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,826 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,904 4 0 1377.4
2005 Q4 3,888 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,445 2 1 449.9
2005 Q2 4,437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,743 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,053 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,731 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,048 1 0 328.1
2004 Q1 2,974 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,924 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,509 1 0 285.0
2003 Q2 3,085 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 26 8 2 307692.3
2002 Q4 2,831 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,798 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,423 3 1 1238.1
2002 Q1 1,969 5 1 2539.4
2001 Q4 2,268 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,346 5 4 2131.3
2001 Q2 1,637 3 3 1832.6
2001 Q1 3,403 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,216 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,484 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,135 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 23, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · MACHINERY
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Drowning

Employee was operating an excavator between two small ponds when the ground beneath the excavator tracks failed and the excavator toppled into one of the ponds.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2018 · 1 incident

2012 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Struck against stationary object

Replacing Cutting Edges on 844 John Deere Loader and was taking out bolt and bolt had a spur that caught his glove and the impact gun spun causing the bur to cut through glove into the outer palm of rt hand.

May 23, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE sprained his lower back while assisting in the rescue and CPR efforts of an employee immediately reportable accident on 5/23/12.EE reported the incident to Penni Carpenter the evening of June 7, 2012.

2011 · 2 incidents

November 6, 2011 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Fall from machine

EE was climbing down from the operator cab of a loader when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Was taken to ER on 11/6/11 for x-rays and they were negative. Continued to have pain and a MRI was ordered on 11/15/11. EE was diagnosed on 11/18/11 with a talus fracture.

November 2, 2011 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping replace V-belt on motor under feeder. The hook at the rachet end of the come-a-long came off the beam which allowed the come-a-long to strike employee in the head on the right side of his hard hat. Employee was knocked unconcious. Was taken by air ambulance and then later released.

2008 · 1 incident

February 6, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had been shoveling base material for approx. 10 minutes w/a co-worker. Then they took a 15 minute break and when he went back to shovel he felt a sharp pain in his lower back as soon as he stuck the shovel in the material. Employee was diagnosed with a muscle spasm.

2007 · 1 incident

December 28, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer truck driver suffered a massive heart attack and died while waiting in his truck to be loaded with material. NOT AN EMPLOYEE.

1993 · 2 incidents

March 29, 1993 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & B Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND TWISTED ANKLE

1991 · 1 incident

February 20, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & B Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

MAN STEPPED UP O TAIL GATE OF TRUCK, TAIL GATE FELL, CAUSING MAN TO FALL HITTING ON LEFT SIDE (RIBS).

1990 · 1 incident

December 12, 1990 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & B Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

ROCK HUNG BETWEEN 2 TIRES ON PIT TRUCK I NAME LOOSENED ROCK WITH HAMMER TIRE BLOWED OUT CAUSING SAND TO FILL EYES