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KULLY CHAHA NATIVE STONE: 166 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

FLAGSHIP STONE LLC · Surface
Controlled by Pete Fleps
Cameron, Le Flore County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3401869

KULLY CHAHA NATIVE STONE has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2023
Latest incident
Dec 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
166
citations
61
significant & substantial
$50,041
proposed penalties
$36,651
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,390 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See FLAGSHIP STONE LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
73
inspections on record
915
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: 915 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-05-24.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

KULLY CHAHA NATIVE STONE has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
158 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
Of $31K in penalties contested before the Commission, $17K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-14.
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.
37.7%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
37.7%
reasonably likely or greater
56.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.2% none, 19.8% low, 74.1% moderate, 4.9% 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.
45 citations taken to the federal commission · 27% of citations on record
  • Settled 45 · 100%
90%
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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
45%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$30K proposed, $16K 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 2012-12-12.
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 2007-329M Settlement Manning 2008 $8K → $5K
CENT 2013-119M Settlement Miller 2013 $5K → $4K
CENT 2008-508M Settlement Weisberger 2009 $4K → $300
CENT 2010-629M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $3K → $1K
CENT 2008-36M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $2K → $500
CENT 2011-267M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $1K
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: 2022-05-10, 4 years ago
21%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz194 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Show the individual readings (30)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.33 1.03 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.26 1.19 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.45 1.00 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.39 1.26 Bulldozer Operator
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.29 0.72 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.34 0.50 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.57 0.42 Forklift Operator
2019-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2019-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.57 0.32 Bobcat Operator
2019-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.38 0.95 Washer Operator
2019-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2017-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.41 0.63 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.45 0.98 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2014-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2011-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2011-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2011-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.45 0.56 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.6 0.33 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.4 0.35 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.17 0.11 Bulldozer Operator
2009-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.53 0.25 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 0.84 0.94 Utility Man
2008-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2008-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.39 0.38 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.35 0.51 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.

KULLY CHAHA NATIVE STONE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.18 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Kully Chaha Native Stone Quarries LLC 2001 to 2020
  2. Flagship Stone LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 9
2021 9
2020 10
2019 19
2018 20
2017 20
2016 23
2015 21
2014 19
2013 19
2012 34
2011 25
2010 26
2009 42
2008 54
2007 65
2006 50
2005 38
2004 20
2003 12
2002 8
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KULLY CHAHA NATIVE STONE sits in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Le Flore County, Oklahoma · Population 48,728
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,027
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 240 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,078 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,160 1 0 862.1
2023 Q4 1,725 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,301 1 0 768.6
2023 Q1 1,360 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,570 1 0 152.2
2022 Q3 2,370 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,565 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,570 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,485 2 0 445.9
2021 Q3 5,280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,124 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,770 2 0 530.5
2020 Q4 3,504 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,331 2 1 375.2
2020 Q2 5,220 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,760 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,904 1 0 144.8
2019 Q3 6,504 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,524 6 1 797.4
2019 Q1 8,067 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,329 3 1 474.0
2018 Q3 7,729 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,535 2 1 234.3
2018 Q1 7,707 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,982 4 1 445.3
2017 Q3 8,122 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,480 2 0 235.8
2017 Q1 9,152 3 1 327.8
2016 Q4 9,407 1 0 106.3
2016 Q3 9,972 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,148 3 1 327.9
2016 Q1 8,912 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,737 1 1 114.5
2015 Q3 9,057 3 2 331.2
2015 Q2 9,858 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9,019 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,222 1 0 121.6
2014 Q3 8,152 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,238 1 0 121.4
2014 Q1 6,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 8,090 1 0 123.6
2013 Q3 9,740 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,689 1 1 149.5
2013 Q1 7,965 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 13,702 4 2 291.9
2012 Q3 17,092 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 18,852 2 2 106.1
2012 Q1 7,746 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 15,840 4 0 252.5
2011 Q3 10,578 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 9,840 8 5 813.0
2011 Q1 8,400 4 2 476.2
2010 Q4 10,020 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 13,446 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 15,080 4 2 265.3
2010 Q1 9,324 5 0 536.3
2009 Q4 15,799 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 16,317 3 1 183.9
2009 Q2 20,475 1 0 48.8
2009 Q1 24,064 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 27,456 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 27,600 2 1 72.5
2008 Q1 33,864 12 2 354.4
2007 Q4 46,792 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 45,854 1 1 21.8
2007 Q2 39,384 14 5 355.5
2007 Q1 24,011 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,533 13 4 1725.7
2006 Q3 32,890 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 31,907 4 2 125.4
2006 Q1 32,552 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 20,397 3 3 147.1
2005 Q3 9,056 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 22,915 5 1 218.2
2005 Q1 12,604 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,938 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,934 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,750 4 2 2285.7
2003 Q4 8,036 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,625 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,382 5 2 783.5
2003 Q1 4,012 1 0 249.3
2002 Q4 3,496 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,456 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,760 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,285 1 1 304.4
2001 Q4 2,244 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2023 · 1 incident

December 7, 2023 OK · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Flagship Stone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A senior experienced employee was building wooden pallets with a nail gun inside our manufacturing building. As EE was positioning a piece of lumber, EE's nail gun slipped and misfired into EE's opposite hand. The employee was immediately driven to the closest emergency room. EE was released the same day around 1:00 PM to return to work by the treating physician.

2008 · 1 incident