Candy Creek Quarry has $92K 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
$92,311
proposed penalties
$65,061
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,250 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
35
inspections on record
573
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: 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 $92K 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.
$92K
proposed penalties
$92K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
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
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
2024 Q2
3,893
1
0
256.9
2024 Q1
3,294
6
2
1821.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
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
12
8
2586.2
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
EMP WAS AT TOP OF LADDER SLIPPED AND HE FELL 10\ LANDING ON RIGHT HAND
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