OK Best Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Superior Silica Sands
· Surface
Controlled by
Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC
Dover,
Kingfisher County,
OK
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402183
MSHA record for OK Best Mine (mine ID 3402183). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Superior Silica Sands 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
OK Best Mine sits in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 8.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Kingfisher County, Oklahoma · Population 15,288
8.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,617
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,969 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 4,277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 80 | 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.