Mining Incidents

Guthrie North Sand Plant: 69 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dolese Bros Co · Surface
Controlled by Dolese Brothers Company
Guthrie, Logan County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3400360

Guthrie North Sand Plant has $10K 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
17
Years on record
1984–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,615
proposed penalties
$9,615
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
684
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: 684 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Guthrie North Sand Plant has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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.
17.4%
significant & substantial
1.4%
high negligence or reckless
17.4%
reasonably likely or greater
43.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.8% low, 92.8% moderate, 1.4% 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 · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2009-12-15.
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 2010-304M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
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: 2025-10-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2025-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.01 0.15 Truck Driver
2015-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.

Guthrie North Sand Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.

Injury rate, 2016
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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.77 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
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 9.32 0.00 0.000
2013 * 8.80 0.00 0.000
2010 * 25.34 8.45 0.000
2009 * 16.44 8.22 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. Dolese Bros Co 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 8
2024 6
2023 6
2022 7
2021 6
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 6
2016 7
2015 10
2014 7
2013 8
2012 8
2011 8
2010 10
2009 11
2008 9
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 6
2003 7
2002 7
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Guthrie North Sand Plant sits in Logan County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Logan County, Oklahoma · Population 50,905
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,735
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 6,871 2 0 291.1
2026 Q1 5,599 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,421 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,031 1 0 198.8
2025 Q2 5,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,395 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,594 4 0 1113.0
2024 Q3 3,500 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,594 1 0 278.2
2024 Q1 3,700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,363 1 0 297.4
2023 Q3 3,526 1 0 283.6
2023 Q2 3,550 1 0 281.7
2023 Q1 3,831 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,618 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,161 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,028 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,877 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,262 1 1 234.6
2021 Q3 3,699 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,318 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,428 3 2 875.1
2020 Q4 5,402 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,239 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,291 1 0 189.0
2019 Q4 3,975 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,166 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,453 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,799 1 0 172.4
2018 Q4 4,133 1 0 242.0
2018 Q3 5,800 2 0 344.8
2018 Q2 4,524 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,461 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,049 2 0 493.9
2017 Q3 5,013 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,425 1 0 184.3
2017 Q1 3,785 1 0 264.2
2016 Q4 5,984 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,080 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,074 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,165 2 1 387.2
2015 Q4 6,334 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,745 1 1 148.3
2015 Q2 8,432 2 1 237.2
2015 Q1 3,551 5 2 1408.1
2014 Q4 5,565 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,636 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,592 3 1 653.3
2014 Q1 6,674 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,182 2 1 386.0
2013 Q3 4,585 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,984 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,981 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,544 1 0 180.4
2012 Q3 7,031 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,923 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,318 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,863 2 0 517.7
2011 Q3 3,735 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,664 1 0 272.9
2011 Q1 3,491 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,711 4 0 849.1
2010 Q3 6,057 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,744 2 0 296.6
2010 Q1 6,167 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,312 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,407 4 2 540.0
2009 Q2 4,268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,342 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,181 2 0 323.6
2008 Q3 5,002 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,875 2 0 516.1
2008 Q1 4,575 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,656 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,196 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,736 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,805 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,096 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,313 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,467 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,980 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,603 1 0 277.5
2005 Q2 3,721 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,383 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,960 3 0 1013.5
2004 Q3 3,231 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,106 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,622 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,511 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,793 2 0 527.3
2003 Q2 4,010 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,535 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,806 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,872 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,521 2 0 442.4
2001 Q4 4,443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,147 1 0 241.1
2001 Q2 4,361 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,239 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,597 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,355 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,905 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,531 1 0 283.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2026 · 1 incident

July 27, 2026 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolese Bros Co · Struck by flying object

Hit in the head with the hook on a come-along. 2 stitches

2019 · 1 incident

July 22, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolese Bros Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting the cable over the buoy and strained EE's back.

2018 · 1 incident

November 30, 2018 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolese Bros Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a breaker wrench and it snapped off and struck underneath employee's PPE and cut employee's cheek.

2014 · 1 incident

September 22, 2014 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolese Bros Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was adjusting the packing on the pump when the wrench slipped and struck his finger.

2013 · 1 incident

April 5, 2013 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolese Bros Co · Fall onto or against objects

Slipped on oil entering the dredge and hit his mouth on the trash can, knocking out his tooth and loosening others. He only just had surgery to extract the other teeth that he knocked loose.

2010 · 3 incidents

August 27, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolese Bros Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Was using a shovel to dig out a cable and hurt his back.

July 20, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolese Bros Co · Struck against stationary object

EE was resting his hand on the back of a Bobcat loader. He slid his hand down and cut it on a jagged edge. One stitch required.

May 12, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolese Bros Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was trying to open back door on skid-steer loader. He used a file to pry it open. The file broke and cut his left arm.

2009 · 2 incidents

November 20, 2009 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dolese Bros Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injury was using skid-steer loader to clear trees. A tree limb snapped back and cut his lip. Stitches were required.

November 6, 2009 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolese Bros Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reported that he stepped down wrong from loader, causing back pain. Did not report or seek medical attention until 11/9/09.

2007 · 1 incident

August 13, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Dolese Bros Co · Contact with heat

EE was working at the dredge and became overheated and ill from the heat.

2006 · 1 incident

January 9, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolese Bros Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was getting into a Company-owned pickup truck and his back popped. Doctor feels it was just a muscle spasm. He is working restricted duty.

2005 · 1 incident

August 25, 2005 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolese Bros Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stepped from the pipeline to the bank, sunk in the mud and injured his ankle. He did not begin losing time until 19 April 2007 when he had surgery on ankle.

2002 · 1 incident

June 18, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolese Bros Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS REMOVING A FLOATER FRAM FROME A PIPELINE. WHILE HE WAS PRYING ON A PRYBAR, MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE AND HE FELL FORWARD AND CUT HIS LEFT KNEE.

1999 · 1 incident

January 18, 1999 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Dolese Bros Co · Struck against stationary object

EE WALKED INTO A BRACE ON THE PLANT AND STRAINED HIS NECK.

1987 · 1 incident

February 13, 1987 OK · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dolese Bros Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING A HAND HE5D CABLE POWER PULL WINCH TO SECURE LOAD IN PICKUP WHILE PULLING ON THE WINCH HA NDLE THE WINCH SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND CAUGHT RT THUMB BETWEEN HANDLE AND MAIN FRAME OF WINCH

1984 · 1 incident

October 4, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dolese Bros Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE\S LEFT ANKLE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A WINCH FRAME AND A SUCTION PIPE AND WAS SPRAINED WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL