Mining Incidents

Mayes County River Rock LLC: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mayes County River Rock LLC · Surface
Salina, Mayes County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401061

Mayes County River Rock LLC has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 6 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
91
citations
25
significant & substantial
$48,464
proposed penalties
$12,103
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36,361 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
417
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: 417 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mayes County River Rock LLC has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 6 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $38K in penalties contested before the Commission, $32K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-07.
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.
27.5%
significant & substantial
20.9%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.6% low, 72.5% moderate, 20.9% 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.
24 citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
  • Settled 21 · 88%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 4%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 8%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $32K 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 2017-07-03.
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 2017-0357 Settlement Manning 2017 $25K → $20K
CENT 2017-0356 Settlement Manning 2017 $10K → $9K
CENT 2011-844M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
CENT 2004-64-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $1K → $450
CENT 2011-845M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $700 → $700
CENT 2017-0401 Default Lesnick 2017 $140 → $140
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ozark Materials 1950 to 1990
  2. Ozark Materials 1990 to 1994
  3. Ozark Materials 1994 to 2021
  4. Mayes County River Rock LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mayes County River Rock LLC sits in Mayes County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Mayes County, Oklahoma · Population 39,406
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$57,279
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 435 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 470 7 1 14893.6
2020 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 485 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 488 1 0 2049.2
2018 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 486 2 0 4115.2
2017 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 505 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 485 3 0 6185.6
2017 Q1 527 11 6 20872.9
2016 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 425 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 840 14 3 16666.7
2015 Q4 518 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 536 1 0 1865.7
2015 Q1 498 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 604 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 535 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 510 1 0 1960.8
2012 Q3 498 1 0 2008.0
2012 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 644 9 4 13975.2
2010 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 665 5 2 7518.8
2009 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 647 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 629 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 743 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 756 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 708 5 0 7062.1
2005 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 942 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 320 4 2 12500.0
2003 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,593 9 4 5649.7
2003 Q2 584 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,976 4 2 2024.3
2002 Q2 1,976 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,772 4 0 2257.3
2001 Q4 1,448 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,489 1 0 671.6
2000 Q4 3,960 4 0 1010.1
2000 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 291 5 1 17182.1
2000 Q1 320 0 0 0.0

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.