Mining Incidents

Milton Mine Coal

Ollar-Decker LLC · Surface
Controlled by Elton Ollar; Ed Decker
Milton, Le Flore County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401790

Milton Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1997–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
49
citations
21
significant & substantial
$9,994
proposed penalties
$4,594
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
25
inspections on record
425
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: 425 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Milton Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Milton Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.31 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 samples.

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.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.31
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.34
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-14.
Silica (quartz)
10.7
silica avg (%)
18.9
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-06-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-25.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,721 1 0 581.1
2006 Q3 3,253 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,145 9 5 2861.7
2006 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,760 1 0 568.2
2005 Q3 4,608 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,645 4 1 1097.4
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 3,129 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,680 4 2 854.7
2004 Q3 5,200 9 5 1730.8
2004 Q2 5,710 11 3 1926.4
2004 Q1 6,048 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,321 8 5 1265.6
2003 Q3 3,906 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,357 2 0 595.8
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

September 29, 2006 OK · Coal FIRE
Ollar-Decker LLC · Accident type, without injuries

While operating the hoe, a newly installed hose blew an end & sprayed hot oil over the engine & turbos igniting a fire that quickly got out of control. Fire extinguishers had no effect. 1st fire department called deployed to the wrong place & a 2nd fire dept. had to be called. The fire depts did not fight fire, but made sure it stayed contained. Burned out @ 2:00pm no injuries

2004 · 1 incident

April 8, 2004 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ollar-Decker LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While using a floor jack to align a planitary gear on an international 350c and dump truck, the jack moved slightly causing the handle to jerk and strike the injured's forearm causing ahairline fracture

2003 · 1 incident

September 19, 2003 OK · Coal OTHER
Ollar-Decker LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INSECT BITE TO THE INJURED'S HAND CAUSED A SECONDARY INFECTION REQUIRING A PRESCRIPTION.

1997 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Milton Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.