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HUGO: 125 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hugo, Choctaw County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3400061

HUGO has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1983–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
125
citations
26
significant & substantial
$22,676
proposed penalties
$16,722
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,954 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
985
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: 985 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HUGO has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-05.
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.
20.8%
significant & substantial
13.6%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
64.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 71.2% moderate, 13.6% 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
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2011-05-07.
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
CENT20010274M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $9K → $3K
CENT 2011-743M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $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: 2026-03-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
39
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz19
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg18
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (39)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Cleanup Man
2022-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.76 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2016-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-12-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.58 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-12-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2012-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2012-12-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-10-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Utility Man
2011-10-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Utility Man
2011-10-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.64 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.38 0.13 Utility Man
2009-06-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Mechanic
2007-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.71 10 0.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2004-07-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.76 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.69 0.11 Mechanic
2002-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 10 0.04 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-08-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.

HUGO recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.55 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 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. Idabell Stone Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Boorhem-Fields Inc 1979 to 1993
  3. Meridian Aggregates Company 1993 to 2001
  4. Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 9
2023 9
2022 10
2021 8
2020 8
2019 8
2018 8
2017 9
2016 12
2015 11
2014 13
2013 14
2012 11
2011 11
2010 14
2009 13
2008 14
2007 14
2006 14
2005 16
2004 16
2003 16
2002 18
2001 17
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HUGO sits in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Choctaw County, Oklahoma · Population 14,299
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$45,456
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 3,489 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,279 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,319 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,541 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,767 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,656 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,984 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,759 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,030 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,016 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,425 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,501 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,083 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,850 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,549 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,034 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,445 1 0 290.3
2021 Q1 2,462 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,272 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,425 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,141 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,115 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,212 1 0 191.9
2019 Q3 5,137 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,321 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,750 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,510 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,821 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,529 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,658 1 0 273.4
2017 Q3 4,566 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,747 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,425 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,892 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,610 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,734 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,968 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,087 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,413 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,579 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,527 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,900 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,910 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,804 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,190 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,789 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,415 2 0 311.8
2012 Q3 7,273 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,077 1 0 164.6
2012 Q1 4,866 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,615 1 0 178.1
2011 Q3 6,934 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,401 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,401 2 0 370.3
2010 Q4 6,323 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,340 1 0 136.2
2010 Q2 8,446 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,507 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,479 3 0 353.8
2009 Q3 9,357 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,532 2 0 234.4
2009 Q1 8,949 1 0 111.7
2008 Q4 8,973 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,206 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,151 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8,340 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,554 2 0 209.3
2007 Q2 8,138 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,472 3 1 286.5
2006 Q4 10,322 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,138 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,826 2 1 226.6
2005 Q4 9,162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,738 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,349 1 0 107.0
2005 Q1 9,678 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,302 13 6 1397.5
2004 Q3 8,511 4 0 470.0
2004 Q2 7,610 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,700 13 2 1340.2
2003 Q4 8,079 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,844 2 0 255.0
2003 Q2 7,972 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,391 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,915 2 1 183.2
2002 Q3 11,133 8 1 718.6
2002 Q2 11,037 9 0 815.4
2002 Q1 10,354 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,276 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,643 6 4 622.2
2001 Q2 10,431 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,978 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,810 11 6 1248.6
2000 Q3 11,284 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,865 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10,331 20 2 1935.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 15, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a razor knife to cut a plastic zip tie off to repair a broken guard. His left hand was in the line of fire and cut left index finger on top of knuckle. Requiring 3 stitches to close.

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

1998 · 1 incident

January 23, 1998 OK · Metal/Non-Metal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LONG TERM DUST EXPOSURE. EE QUITE WITHOUT NOTICE01/23/98

1993 · 1 incident

January 22, 1993 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD BUILT A GUARD FOR WATER PUMP. HE WAS FITTING GUARD TO PUMP WITHOUT STOPPING PUMP GUARD WAS THROWN BACK INTO EMPLOYEE BY PULLEY.

1991 · 1 incident

April 23, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A WORK PLATFORM, ABOVE HIM A PULLEY BROKE AND DEBRIS FELL ON HIM.

1989 · 4 incidents

May 5, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL PLACING CABLE AROUND BOULDER IN PRIMARY CRUSHER CABLE PULLED AGAINST HAND CUTTING LITTLE FINGER.

March 7, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL LOWERED PROTECTIVE PUMP COVER AMD FAILED TO REMOVE HIS HAND.

January 30, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH POCKET KNIFE-IT SLIPPED AND CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND.

January 3, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING DOWN LADDER FROM JAW PLATFORM AND HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF A RUNG AND HE FELL ABOUT 8 FT.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD CL3MBED UP THE CRUSHER TO HAND A WELDER TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON H IS WAY DOWN HE FELT HIMSELF SLIP & START TO FALL LHE TRIED TO J UMP & DID LAND ON H IS FEET (DISTANCE-13FT)

September 19, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID H9 HAD NO IDEA WHEN HE WAS HURT BUT HIS DR TOLD HIM IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO LIFTING SOMETHING HEAVY SO HE FIGURED IT HAPPENED AT WORK.

1985 · 1 incident

February 7, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON SKIRTBOARD OF CONVEYORS WHILE THEY TRYING TO THAW THEM OUT AND DID NOT HEAR YELL FOR EVERYONE TO GET CLEAR (HE HAD STOCKING CAP ON HIS HEAD) AND HE COULDN\T BE SEEN BY THE GUY WHO TURNED ON CONVEYOR. HIS FEET WERE YANKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE BANGED HIS ANKLE.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A CUSTOMER TO TARP HIS TRUCK WHEN HE FELL OFF THE TRUCK

August 14, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TGAKING A WORN BIT OUT OF A DRILL WITH A WRENCH WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE BIT

1983 · 2 incidents

February 7, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS SHOVELING MUD AND DIRT OUT OF SURFACE TUNNEL ONTO CONVEYOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURING HIS BACK HE WAS PUT IN HOSPITAL AS THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD PRESSURE ON THE SCIATIC NERVE CAU CAUSING THE PAIN IN THE BACK GOING DOWN THE LEG

January 9, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SET UP BARREL AND PUMPED OIL IN LOADER-LATER THAT NIGHT HE WAS HURTING BELOW HIS RIB CAGE. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO SAID HE HAD A STRINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LOWER RIB CAGE. EMPLOYEE THOUGH HE MIGHT HAVE DONE IT WHILE SETTING UP BARREL.