Mining Incidents

Guthrie Sand Plant: 82 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mike Van Eaton
Guthrie, Logan County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3401939

Guthrie Sand Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2010–2026
Latest incident
Aug 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
82
citations
21
significant & substantial
$15,620
proposed penalties
$15,620
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
48
inspections on record
457
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: 457 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 Sand Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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.
25.6%
significant & substantial
8.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.6%
reasonably likely or greater
59.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.5% low, 82.9% moderate, 8.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-11-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-12-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.21 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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 Sand Plant 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
2022 * 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. Cimarron Sand Company LLC 2004 to 2010
  2. Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 14
2024 11
2023 9
2022 8
2021 9
2014 5
2013 7
2012 8
2011 6
2010 6
2009 2
2008 4
2007 4
2006 5
2005 5
2004 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Guthrie 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 5,504 2 0 363.4
2026 Q1 7,626 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,134 2 0 326.1
2025 Q3 7,290 2 0 274.3
2025 Q2 6,945 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,054 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,435 4 1 621.6
2024 Q3 5,029 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,050 1 0 246.9
2024 Q1 3,008 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,114 2 0 486.1
2023 Q3 3,429 3 1 874.9
2023 Q2 3,047 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,059 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,463 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,938 2 0 336.8
2022 Q2 4,994 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,653 1 0 150.3
2021 Q4 2,883 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,308 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,647 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,514 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,624 1 0 275.9
2013 Q3 5,730 1 0 174.5
2013 Q2 4,892 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,099 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,066 2 1 652.3
2012 Q3 5,375 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,078 2 0 490.4
2012 Q1 4,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,714 7 4 1484.9
2011 Q3 3,635 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,254 1 1 307.3
2011 Q1 3,821 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,998 2 0 500.3
2010 Q3 3,184 4 2 1256.3
2010 Q2 2,068 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 600 8 3 13333.3
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,247 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,473 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,783 1 0 560.9
2007 Q4 1,419 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,927 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,175 5 1 2298.9
2007 Q1 2,398 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,564 8 2 3120.1
2006 Q3 2,987 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,821 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,666 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,265 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,919 4 2 1370.3
2005 Q2 2,705 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,393 1 1 417.9
2004 Q4 2,491 14 1 5620.2
2004 Q3 3,745 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,392 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,818 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2026 · 1 incident

August 12, 2026 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Air ride seat in John Deere 844L loader. Employee stated the seat was not holding air, management inspected the seat and found it was. Employee clocked out and left the site, contacted HR stating it was a work related spine injury. Safety manager was contacted and is reaching out to employee to schedule medical evaluation.

2021 · 1 incident

December 2, 2021 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was tying the boat off to the dock. While tying the boat off EE was holding onto the dock rail with left hand, the boat started to drift away from the dock. EE lost footing and straddled the boat while holding onto the dock rail, left leg went into the water right leg stayed in the boat and they jerked against left shoulder fully extending it.

2012 · 1 incident

January 24, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was working on the dredge when he slipped and hit his mouth. He broke off one of his teeth on the front right side of his mouth.

2011 · 1 incident

December 7, 2011 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stepping off of the loader onto unleveled ground. He felt a burning sensation in his left ankle and felt a pop.

2010 · 1 incident

June 3, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Van Eaton Ready Mix, Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Working on equipment, pin slid out and smashed fingers.