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Muskogee Plant & Pit: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Muskogee, Muskogee County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3401269

Muskogee Plant & Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $251 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Sep 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
47
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,096
proposed penalties
$5,273
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $823 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See General Shale Brick, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
306
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: 306 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Muskogee Plant & Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $251 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$251
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $723 in penalties contested before the Commission, $151 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-06.
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.
23.9%
significant & substantial
19.6%
high negligence or reckless
15.2%
reasonably likely or greater
41.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 8.7% none, 15.2% low, 56.5% moderate, 19.6% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
79%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$723 proposed, $151 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 2025-06-01.
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 2024-0115 Dismissal Simonton 2024 $572 → $0
CENT 2025-0287 Dismissal Young 2025 $151 → $151
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: 2023-06-06, 3 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-06-06 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.34 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-06-06 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.28 Scraper Operator
2023-06-06 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.16 Scraper Operator
2016-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2016-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2016-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2016-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2009-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2009-02-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.42 Shovel 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. Oklahoma Brick Corp 1980 to 1986
  2. Boral Bricks Of Texas LP 1986 to 2008
  3. Boral Bricks Inc 2008 to 2017
  4. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2023
  5. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 2
2023 5
2022 5
2021 5
2020 7
2019 4
2018 4
2017 2
2016 0
2015 2
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Muskogee Plant & Pit sits in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Muskogee County, Oklahoma · Population 66,471
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$51,999
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 136 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 520 3 0 5769.2
2024 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,000 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,480 4 4 1149.4
2023 Q1 4,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,160 1 0 240.4
2022 Q2 4,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,160 1 0 240.4
2021 Q1 3,424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,782 1 1 264.4
2020 Q2 3,892 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,908 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,801 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,782 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,232 1 0 448.0
2018 Q3 1,050 1 0 952.4
2018 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,014 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 591 3 0 5076.1
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 751 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,297 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 84 1 0 11904.8
2007 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,101 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,660 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,626 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,634 3 0 1836.0
2006 Q1 1,647 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,535 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,545 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,818 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,719 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,607 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,713 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,454 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,065 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,467 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,538 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,589 3 2 1888.0
2002 Q1 541 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,815 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,497 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,503 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,545 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2020 · 1 incident

September 27, 2020 OK · Metal/Non-Metal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Brick LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Operator was preparing to dump scrap brick, the dump gate latch stuck and would not open. Operator exited the cab and manually opened the latch, while walking back to enter the cab, EE tripped and fell, striking EE's right arm on a broken brick causing a laceration just below the elbow.