Mining Incidents

Pioneer Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sandra Lee Williams
Picher OK, Ottawa County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3401217

Pioneer has $293 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2021
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$293
proposed penalties
$293
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
14
inspections on record
108
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: 108 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pioneer has $293 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$293
proposed penalties
$293
current assessed
$293
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2025 Q4 1,882 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 801 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,019 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,139 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,378 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,267 1 0 789.3
2024 Q2 1,953 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,815 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 924 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 682 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 939 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,237 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,373 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,549 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,386 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,735 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,099 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,158 1 1 863.6
2020 Q4 1,184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,337 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,385 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 813 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 873 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.

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