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Green Country Stone: 143 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert G Thompson
Cameron, Le Flore County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3401709

Green Country Stone has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1998–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
143
citations
27
significant & substantial
$24,957
proposed penalties
$24,548
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $409 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Green Country Stone Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
965
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: 965 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-05-04.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Green Country Stone has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $900 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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.
19.1%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
19.9%
reasonably likely or greater
36.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.4% low, 71.6% moderate, 5.0% 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 · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
25%
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%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $900 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 2016-07-18.
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 2016-0469 Settlement Manning 2017 $1K → $800
CENT 2012-317M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2025-08-06
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz192 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.37 1.03 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 0.52 2.08 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2025-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.39 0.72 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.39 0.44 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2025-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2025-08-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.43 0.49 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Forklift Operator
2022-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.33 0.85 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.68 0.47 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2019-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.52 0.98 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Forklift Operator
2017-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.32 0.69 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.33 0.94 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.28 0.79 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.44 0.93 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-12-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Utility Man
2011-12-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2009-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.44 0.36 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.4 0.98 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.57 0.77 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-03-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2001-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.01 0.46 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.36 0.69 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.

Green Country Stone 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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. Neff Building Stone Supply 1990 to 1992
  2. Green Country Stone Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 15
2024 16
2023 17
2022 20
2021 21
2020 21
2019 22
2018 24
2017 26
2016 25
2015 26
2014 24
2013 21
2012 22
2011 15
2010 16
2009 17
2008 35
2007 43
2006 34
2005 27
2004 28
2003 23
2002 24
2001 24
2000 25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Green Country Stone sits in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Le Flore County, Oklahoma · Population 48,728
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,027
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 6,190 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,636 5 0 753.5
2025 Q4 6,336 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,173 1 0 162.0
2025 Q2 6,846 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,478 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,795 1 0 147.2
2024 Q3 7,370 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,934 2 0 288.4
2024 Q1 6,943 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,698 1 0 129.9
2023 Q3 7,794 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,982 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,727 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,127 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,519 2 0 266.0
2022 Q1 7,467 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,741 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,677 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,873 1 0 101.3
2021 Q1 8,753 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 9,692 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,547 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,319 2 1 214.6
2020 Q1 9,536 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,104 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 10,529 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10,529 1 0 95.0
2019 Q1 9,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 8,520 2 0 234.7
2018 Q3 11,407 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,701 3 2 256.4
2018 Q1 11,635 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10,672 2 2 187.4
2017 Q3 12,078 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,401 1 0 80.6
2017 Q1 11,354 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11,382 5 2 439.3
2016 Q3 11,243 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 12,723 12 2 943.2
2016 Q1 9,606 1 1 104.1
2015 Q4 11,353 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 11,733 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 12,145 2 0 164.7
2015 Q1 10,782 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 11,419 2 0 175.1
2014 Q3 11,516 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 10,574 4 2 378.3
2014 Q1 9,664 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,798 2 1 714.8
2013 Q3 9,944 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,771 3 2 342.0
2013 Q1 7,894 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10,670 1 0 93.7
2012 Q3 11,384 3 1 263.5
2012 Q2 10,803 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,503 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,064 2 0 283.1
2011 Q2 6,828 2 0 292.9
2011 Q1 6,803 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,582 1 0 131.9
2010 Q3 8,593 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,985 2 0 286.3
2010 Q1 4,887 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,274 1 0 137.5
2009 Q3 7,573 4 0 528.2
2009 Q2 7,855 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,255 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 13,556 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 14,070 7 3 497.5
2008 Q2 18,654 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 20,210 9 0 445.3
2007 Q4 20,509 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 20,989 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20,584 6 0 291.5
2007 Q1 19,303 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 17,927 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 15,049 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,205 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12,458 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,514 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12,904 4 3 310.0
2005 Q2 11,627 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 12,326 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 13,062 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,061 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,494 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,523 5 1 525.0
2003 Q4 9,731 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,170 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,732 4 1 372.7
2003 Q1 9,581 4 1 417.5
2002 Q4 9,470 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,841 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,197 2 1 196.1
2002 Q1 9,633 10 0 1038.1
2001 Q4 9,623 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,618 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,500 5 0 476.2
2001 Q1 10,247 3 0 292.8
2000 Q4 9,581 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,592 8 0 834.0
2000 Q2 10,609 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,825 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2002 · 3 incidents

December 6, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Country Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE GOT FINGER SMASHED BETWEEN STONES IN PRE-PREPARATION AREA WHICH RESULTED IN THE INJURY TO THEINDEX FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND WHICH WAS BEYOND REPAIR.

February 15, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Country Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING STONE ON CONVEYER AND GOT FINGER (RT SMALL) BETWEEN 2 STONES.

January 11, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Green Country Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PULLING STONE FROM THE CUTTING MACHINE & GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND SMASHED BTWN THE CUTTER & A STONE.

2000 · 2 incidents

April 13, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Green Country Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS WORKING BEHIND SPLITTER WHEN DUE TO LACK OF ATTENTION FINGERS BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK AND METAL ON CUTTER.

April 11, 2000 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Green Country Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTY WHEN HIS ATTENTION WAS DISTRACTED ALLOWING ROCK TO HIT FINGER AND CAUGHT IT BETWEEN ROCK AND METAL ON ROCK SPLITTER.

1999 · 1 incident

February 4, 1999 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Green Country Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

SLAB OF ROCK BROKE IN HALF WHILE SITTING ON ROLLER CONVEYER. THE BIGGER HALF FELL OFF AND LANDEDON WORKER'S LEFT FOOT.

1998 · 1 incident

January 19, 1998 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Country Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

SMALL PIECE OF ROCK WAS "SHOT" THROUGH THE AIR WHEN HIT WITH 3 POUND ROCK HAMMER TO TRIM THE END. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING NEAR LOCATION AND STRUCK IN THE NOSE BY ROCK CAUSING BROKEN NOSE.