Candy Creek Quarry has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1984–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
125
citations
39
significant & substantial
$93,347
proposed penalties
$66,097
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,250 gap.
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: 573 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Candy Creek Quarry has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K 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.
$93K
proposed penalties
$93K
current assessed
$66K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Still open
16 · 100%
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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2026-06-30.
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.
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: 2026-06-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2024-09-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.42
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2023-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2022-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-01-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2015-04-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-04-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
6
2024
6
2023
6
2022
7
2021
7
2020
7
2019
7
2018
6
2017
6
2016
5
2015
5
2014
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Candy Creek Quarry sits in Osage County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Osage County, Oklahoma · Population 45,963
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$60,482
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
2,375
4
0
1684.2
2026 Q1
2,719
20
7
7355.6
2025 Q4
2,868
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,878
1
0
347.5
2025 Q2
3,317
7
0
2110.3
2025 Q1
2,724
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,891
6
0
2075.4
2024 Q3
4,397
10
3
2274.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,893
1
0
256.9
2024 Q1
3,294
6
2
1821.5
2023 Q3
3,247
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,465
10
4
2886.0
2023 Q1
3,554
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,702
3
1
810.4
2022 Q3
5,265
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,181
6
2
970.7
2022 Q1
4,640
11
7
2370.7
2021 Q4
4,212
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,639
7
2
1508.9
2021 Q2
3,975
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,166
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,852
7
2
2454.4
2020 Q3
2,951
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,118
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,163
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,758
3
0
1087.7
2019 Q3
3,395
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,946
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,462
6
3
2437.0
2018 Q4
2,016
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,300
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,969
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,521
7
4
1988.1
2017 Q2
3,723
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,103
2
1
644.5
2016 Q4
2,872
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,274
3
0
916.3
2016 Q2
3,126
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,580
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,363
1
0
423.2
2015 Q3
2,414
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,369
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,201
3
0
1363.0
2014 Q4
648
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2023 · 1 incident
May 22, 2023OK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee's were installing a new auger in a wash plant trying to align bolt holes in the two flange assembly. The employee put the tip of EE's finger in the bolt hole to align up the two holes. One of the two flange pieces slid down and lacerated the tip of EE's right middle finger.
2022 · 1 incident
February 16, 2022OK · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was working around the assembly of the wash plant installing a leg that fell over onto EE's leg, pinning it underneath. Ultimately breaking EE's leg. Two coworkers assisted in picking up the metal leg off of EE's leg and pulled EE out from under it. EE was taken by a coworker to St. Francis hospital.
PUTTING IMPELLER IN DREDGE PUMP IKMPELLER FELL PINNING RT HAND AGAINST DREDGE PUMP RT HAND & THUMB WAS CUT IT TORE THE TENDON GOING TO THE RT THUMB & TOOK 8 STITCHES
FELL HITTING BACK ON EDGE OF BOAT DECK. (WAS CARRYING 9.8 HORSEPOWER OUTBOARD MOTOR DOWN RIVER BANK, STEPPED INTO BOAT, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM OF BOAT.
EMP SAYS HE FEL5 OFF TAILGATE OF 18-WHEEL END DUMP AS HE WAS TRAMMING HIS LOAD, INITALLY SAID LEFT KNEE WAS INJURED, LATER AMENDED CLAIM TO INCLUDE A BACK INJURY
January 30, 1985OK · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON