Mining Incidents

Goforth No. 1: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Danny Ratliff
ENTERPRISE, Mcintosh County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3402062

Goforth No. 1 has $12K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
66
citations
18
significant & substantial
$11,827
proposed penalties
$10,816
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,011 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
37
inspections on record
441
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: 441 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Goforth No. 1 has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $293 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.8%
reasonably likely or greater
47.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 47.0% low, 48.5% moderate, 4.5% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
78%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $293 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 2009-10-16.
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 2010-39M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $1K → $293
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: 2026-08-04
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz82 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-02-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.56 1.09 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.12 0.39 2.87 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2022-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.36 0.33 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.35 0.25 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.21 0.54 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.47 0.45 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2009-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-02-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.52 0.29 Bobcat Operator
2009-02-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2008-11-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.48 0.94 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer 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.

Goforth No. 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.92 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. QUALITY PRODUCTION CO. 2008 to 2011
  2. QUALITY STONE QUARRIES LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 13
2025 12
2024 12
2023 14
2022 18
2021 18
2020 15
2019 11
2014 5
2013 33
2012 33
2011 23
2010 17
2009 20
2008 32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Goforth No. 1 sits in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
McIntosh County, Oklahoma · Population 19,237
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$46,203
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 9,460 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7,040 1 0 142.0
2025 Q4 8,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,262 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,040 1 0 142.0
2025 Q1 6,730 1 0 148.6
2024 Q4 7,560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,720 1 0 129.5
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,720 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,540 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,710 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,490 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,263 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,750 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 11,340 1 1 88.2
2022 Q3 11,050 1 1 90.5
2022 Q2 10,080 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 13,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,760 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 11,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,830 2 0 184.7
2021 Q1 10,450 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,498 1 0 95.3
2020 Q2 8,446 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,380 1 0 156.7
2019 Q4 6,960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,403 2 1 454.2
2013 Q4 7,640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 20,136 1 1 49.7
2013 Q2 24,030 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 20,054 1 0 49.9
2012 Q4 18,006 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 20,501 4 0 195.1
2012 Q2 25,709 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14,824 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,040 3 1 271.7
2011 Q3 9,792 2 1 204.2
2011 Q2 7,818 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,611 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,943 3 2 335.5
2010 Q3 9,726 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5 1 0 200000.0
2010 Q1 8,822 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,432 3 1 355.8
2009 Q3 12,672 3 1 236.7
2009 Q2 11,755 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 9,641 4 0 414.9
2008 Q4 14,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 28,050 4 2 142.6
2008 Q2 22,868 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 17,020 24 5 1410.1

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.