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Okay Quarry: 90 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

ARKHOLA · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Okay, Wagoner County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3401761

Okay Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $594 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
90
citations
25
significant & substantial
$14,149
proposed penalties
$13,088
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,061 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See ARKHOLA's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
864
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: 864 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: 2026-04-28.
On record since 2026.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Okay Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $594 outstanding across 1 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$594
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $686 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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.
28.1%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
28.1%
reasonably likely or greater
60.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.2% low, 82.0% moderate, 6.7% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 17%
  • Stood as issued 5 · 83%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $686 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 2011-01-26.
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 2011-395M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $1K → $686
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: 2025-12-10
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
53
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz152 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg38
Show the individual readings (53)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.31 1.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.3 1.13 Truck Driver
2025-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.34 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2022-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Sampler, Dust
2018-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.3 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.29 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2013-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-04-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.75 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.46 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.33 0.58 Truck Driver
2009-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.9 0.18 Truck Driver
2003-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2002-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2002-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.78 0.29 Truck Driver
2001-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.25 0.84 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2001-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.38 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.35 0.89 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.29 0.66 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
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.

Okay Quarry recorded 9.07 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
9.07
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.92 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
2025 * 9.07 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 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
* 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. Southern Quikrete Products 1991 to 1993
  2. Vinita Rock Company 1993 to 2000
  3. ARKHOLA 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 11
2024 11
2023 10
2022 10
2021 10
2020 10
2019 9
2018 10
2017 12
2016 11
2015 11
2014 9
2013 10
2012 10
2011 11
2010 19
2009 14
2008 15
2007 10
2006 12
2005 10
2004 11
2003 11
2002 11
2001 13
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Okay Quarry sits in Wagoner 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.
Wagoner County, Oklahoma · Population 84,339
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$78,520
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 6,816 3 2 440.1
2026 Q1 6,718 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,625 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,124 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,470 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,843 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,428 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,991 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,090 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,349 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,970 2 1 335.0
2023 Q2 5,892 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,067 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,289 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,015 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,221 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,356 1 1 229.6
2021 Q4 4,088 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,727 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,672 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,425 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,149 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,528 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,834 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,494 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,333 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,204 1 0 192.2
2019 Q1 4,956 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,015 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,723 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,917 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,677 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,599 5 2 757.7
2017 Q3 6,697 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,102 2 0 281.6
2017 Q1 7,678 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,944 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,860 1 0 127.2
2016 Q2 6,471 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,628 2 1 301.8
2015 Q4 6,967 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,694 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,666 3 0 450.0
2015 Q1 4,974 1 0 201.0
2014 Q4 5,031 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,600 1 0 151.5
2014 Q2 5,684 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,556 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,767 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,915 6 3 1014.4
2013 Q2 5,381 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,936 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,684 2 0 351.9
2012 Q3 6,473 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,412 2 0 369.5
2012 Q1 4,850 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,289 1 0 233.2
2011 Q3 6,484 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,534 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,251 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,478 8 1 1786.5
2010 Q3 5,854 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,408 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,967 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,101 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,031 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,306 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,043 1 0 165.5
2008 Q3 5,692 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,096 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,590 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,061 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,154 2 0 325.0
2006 Q3 6,557 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,562 5 0 762.0
2006 Q1 6,247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,089 5 0 821.2
2005 Q3 6,086 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,197 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,036 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,752 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,969 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,035 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,931 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,098 3 2 492.0
2002 Q3 6,213 2 0 321.9
2002 Q2 8,409 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,635 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,825 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,611 2 0 302.5
2001 Q2 7,072 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,365 10 6 1357.8
2000 Q4 5,337 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,981 4 1 668.8
2000 Q2 4,880 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,250 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 8, 2025 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ARKHOLA · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a wrench to loosen a screen bolt. Pulled muscle in lower back resulting in restricted duty.

2022 · 1 incident

September 15, 2022 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ARKHOLA · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Tripped and fell over a hold plug, hurt right ankle