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Idabel: 102 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Idabel, Mccurtain County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3400507

Idabel has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1991–2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
26
significant & substantial
$19,391
proposed penalties
$18,554
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $837 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
67
inspections on record
804
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: 804 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Idabel has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-28.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
10.9%
high negligence or reckless
26.7%
reasonably likely or greater
73.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.0% none, 6.9% low, 81.2% moderate, 10.9% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$702 proposed, $248 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 2014-09-30.
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
CENT20010275M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $2K
CENT20020001M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $800 → $800
CENT 2010-937M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $585 → $131
CENT 2014-0633 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $117 → $117
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: 2023-12-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
32
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg18
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (32)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2021-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-01-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-05-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.73 0.38 Truck Driver
2010-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-05-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-12-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.9 10 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-06-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.59 2.76 0.58 Cleanup Man
2001-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 2.55 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
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 4
2025 4
2024 5
2023 4
2022 5
2021 6
2020 8
2019 5
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 6
2014 7
2013 8
2012 6
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 5
2007 6
2006 6
2005 5
2004 6
2003 6
2002 5
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Idabel sits in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
McCurtain County, Oklahoma · Population 30,825
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,175
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 1,440 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,551 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,453 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,435 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,676 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,413 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,648 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,023 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,712 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,604 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,781 1 0 359.6
2023 Q2 3,108 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,236 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,061 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,388 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,372 1 0 421.6
2021 Q4 2,456 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,037 1 0 329.3
2021 Q1 2,942 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,012 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,956 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,353 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,576 1 0 388.2
2019 Q3 3,376 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,881 1 0 347.1
2019 Q1 2,587 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,048 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,213 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,751 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,205 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,462 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,910 1 0 343.6
2017 Q2 2,300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,390 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,751 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,246 1 0 308.1
2016 Q2 2,960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,501 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,914 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,210 1 0 237.5
2015 Q1 2,196 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,371 3 1 889.9
2014 Q2 4,377 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,954 1 0 252.9
2013 Q4 3,914 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,229 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,235 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,740 1 0 267.4
2012 Q4 3,904 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,086 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,671 1 0 272.4
2012 Q1 3,471 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,250 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,451 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,231 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,854 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,571 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,389 1 0 227.8
2010 Q1 3,830 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,874 2 2 516.3
2009 Q3 4,229 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,514 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,890 3 0 1038.1
2008 Q3 3,210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,966 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,586 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,641 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,935 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,699 4 1 1081.4
2007 Q1 4,709 9 3 1911.2
2006 Q4 3,919 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,471 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,730 2 0 536.2
2006 Q1 4,069 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,859 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,795 3 1 1073.3
2005 Q2 2,899 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,591 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,770 6 1 2166.1
2004 Q3 3,011 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,985 4 0 1340.0
2004 Q1 3,059 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,876 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,289 5 1 1520.2
2003 Q2 2,586 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,741 2 0 729.7
2002 Q4 3,079 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,816 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,730 5 1 1831.5
2002 Q1 2,784 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,014 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,296 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,372 27 7 8007.1
2001 Q1 3,556 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,771 8 7 2887.0
2000 Q3 3,504 1 0 285.4
2000 Q2 3,454 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,304 5 1 3834.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

October 5, 2013 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership · Struck by falling object

While attempting to load a sheet of steel onto a loader bucket the miner lost control of it and it fell striking him in the lower leg resulting in a broken right leg.

June 10, 2013 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership · Struck against a moving object

Employee says he was digging a stuck boulder in muck pile. The loader bucket popped over the top of it when he curled it back causing loader to lurch forward hitting muck pile jarring employee. This caused a pain in his lower back and legs. MRI on 6/19/13 shows 2 herniated discs. Evaluation of injury and surgeons is taking place. Lost-time status effective 6/24/2013.

2008 · 1 incident

January 21, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Aggregates Company, a Limited Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Weather was cold and wet. Employee was exiting loader at the end of his shift, when his foot slipped on the slick step. This allowed his weight to shift, causing a sprain to the lumbar region. Employee did not fall.

2003 · 1 incident

1998 · 1 incident

1996 · 1 incident

July 25, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK JAMMED INTO THE JAW OF THE CRUSHER WHEN ROCK ROLLED ONTO EE LEG

1991 · 1 incident

June 26, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boorhem-Fields Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL PICKED UP BOULDER TO THROW INTO JAMMED CRUSHER.