Mining Incidents

Hinton Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David Welch; Paul Welch
Hinton, Oklahoma County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3402250

Hinton Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
23
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,782
proposed penalties
$1,109
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,673 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
4
inspections on record
106
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: 106 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hinton Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 18,171 18 8 990.6
2025 Q3 19,174 3 0 156.5
2025 Q2 16,475 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 23, 2026 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Warrior Minerals, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was unspooling cable on the dredge winch line when the cable EE was pulling had a burr and cut EE's left hand.

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