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Gate Pit: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Gate, Beaver County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401531

Gate Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
61
citations
21
significant & substantial
$17,380
proposed penalties
$17,380
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Croell, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
421
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: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-06-24.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Gate Pit has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-22.
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.
35.0%
significant & substantial
3.3%
high negligence or reckless
35.0%
reasonably likely or greater
56.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 90.0% moderate, 3.3% 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 · 7% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 4 · 100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $10K 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 2019-11-05.
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 2020-0028 Default 2020 $10K → $10K
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: 2019-03-20, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-03-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.81 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-12-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.29 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.36 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-03-17, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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.
Ownership history
  1. Whitfield Sand & Concrete Inc 1989 to 2002
  2. KLAVER CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, LLC 2002 to 2004
  3. Dodge City Sand Co Inc 2004 to 2020
  4. Croell, Inc. 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2022 0
2021 0
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 6
2002 3
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gate Pit sits in Beaver County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 6.8% 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.
Beaver County, Oklahoma · Population 5,041
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$64,266
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 166 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 739 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 668 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 827 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 827 1 0 1209.2
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,343 2 0 1489.2
2020 Q1 1,236 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,171 3 1 2561.9
2019 Q3 1,142 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,185 5 4 4219.4
2019 Q1 927 5 3 5393.7
2018 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,138 3 2 2636.2
2018 Q2 1,702 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,389 5 0 3599.7
2017 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,953 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,195 3 0 2510.5
2017 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,126 5 2 4440.5
2016 Q3 1,305 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 629 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 615 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 597 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 574 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 613 1 0 1631.3
2014 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 449 2 0 4454.3
2013 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 574 2 0 3484.3
2013 Q1 453 1 0 2207.5
2012 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 602 1 0 1661.1
2012 Q1 409 1 0 2445.0
2011 Q4 567 2 0 3527.3
2011 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 395 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 580 1 0 1724.1
2010 Q3 657 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 637 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 584 4 3 6849.3
2009 Q3 627 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 636 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 527 4 2 7590.1
2008 Q4 610 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 606 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 597 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 523 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 535 2 1 3738.3
2007 Q3 542 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 543 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 619 3 0 4846.5
2006 Q3 624 1 1 1602.6
2006 Q2 606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 549 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 556 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 627 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 638 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,964 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,422 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,688 3 1 1116.1
2003 Q1 2,341 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,649 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,242 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,174 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,109 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,752 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,939 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,164 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,632 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,066 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 26, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whitfield Sand & Concrete Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A BROKEN BRACE ON KOLBERGDRY PLANT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROX 8 TO 10 FT TO THE GROUND.

1989 · 1 incident

November 1, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Whitfield Sand & Concrete Inc · Fall from machine

SLIDING DOWN CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A GUST OF STRONG WIND BLEW HIM OFF