Mining Incidents

Calder Mine Coal

Coal Creek Minerals, LLC · Underground
Spiro, Le Flore County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402105

Calder Mine has $298K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 35 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Calder Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
124
citations
47
significant & substantial
$298,404
proposed penalties
$60,630
paid to date
20% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $237,774 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
59
inspections on record
1,654
inspection hours
7.5
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.
124 citations across 1,654 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Calder Mine has $298K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 35 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.
$298K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$61K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 35 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Calder Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.37 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 21 samples.

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.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.37
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.31
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-03-09.
Noise
9%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-06-07.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 1 0
2015 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 773 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 747 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 874 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 756 2 0 2645.5
2013 Q4 280 1 0 3571.4
2013 Q3 1,424 1 1 702.2
2013 Q2 2,810 12 1 4270.5
2013 Q1 7,068 15 5 2122.2
2012 Q4 6,640 3 2 451.8
2012 Q3 6,021 4 0 664.3
2012 Q2 4,500 2 0 444.4
2012 Q1 4,635 4 1 863.0
2011 Q4 6,068 3 2 494.4
2011 Q3 8 25 11 3125000.0
2011 Q2 0 13 7
2011 Q1 0 2 1
2010 Q4 0 10 5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 10, 2012 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Coal Creek Minerals, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was in the process of cutting a 4' x 20" piece of 3/8" steel plate, when the piece being "cut off" broke away from the larger sheet. The metal sheet's corner struck the ground first, causing the sheet to bounce and deflect sideways and struck ee left foot, just behind the steel toe of his left boot. Plate was being held by Caterpillar Skid Steer.

2011 · 1 incident

July 2, 2011 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Creek Minerals, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing an embankment to weld on a conveyor belt tail piece, when he slipped off the embankment and tried to catch himself on the side of the truck, spraining his right wrist. He was transported to St. Edwards ER, x-rays were taken, there were no broken or dislocated bones. He returned to work on the next schedule day of work 7/5/11 to his normal duties.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Calder Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.