Mining Incidents

Buffalo Mountain Metal/Non-Metal

Blocker, Pittsburg County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401928

Buffalo Mountain has $358 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$358
proposed penalties
$358
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
9
inspections on record
71
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: 71 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buffalo Mountain has $358 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$358
proposed penalties
$358
current assessed
$358
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-03-20.
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
2007 Q4 4,640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 19,648 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 15,457 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,736 1 0 148.5
2006 Q4 11,934 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17,883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,310 1 0 61.3
2006 Q1 7,962 1 0 125.6
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 8,463 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,741 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,154 1 0 139.8
2005 Q1 6,794 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,886 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,869 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,422 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

September 19, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L & W Stone Corporation · Struck by falling object

It was raining and EE was stacking stone on a pallet. He slipped and a rock fell on him, scratching his leg. It became infected and caused an abscess on his left thigh

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