Mining Incidents

Kiowa County District #1: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kiowa County District #1 · Surface
Controlled by Kiowa County-OK
Mountain View, Kiowa County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401684

Kiowa County District #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $480 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
42
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,035
proposed penalties
$4,555
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $480 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
218
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: 218 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kiowa County District #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $480 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$480
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $220 in penalties contested before the Commission, $220 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-05.
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.
7.3%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
7.3%
reasonably likely or greater
48.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.8% low, 70.7% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2003-293-M Settlement Lesnick 2003 $220 → $220
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tonto Construction Inc 1989 to 2000
  2. Kiowa County District #1 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kiowa County District #1 sits in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.8% 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.
Kiowa County, Oklahoma · Population 8,458
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$42,063
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3 1 0 333333.3
2017 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 199 2 0 10050.3
2014 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 42 1 0 23809.5
2014 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 200 4 2 20000.0
2013 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 153 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 243 1 0 4115.2
2011 Q3 338 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 549 2 0 3643.0
2011 Q1 839 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 272 6 1 22058.8
2009 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 297 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 391 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 239 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 217 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 167 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 955 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 590 3 0 5084.7
2005 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 520 15 0 28846.2
2003 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 270 4 0 14814.8
2002 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 520 2 0 3846.2

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.