Mining Incidents

Sawyer East Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Sawyer OK, Choctaw County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3401809

Sawyer East Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Nov 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
76
citations
51
significant & substantial
$15,287
proposed penalties
$1,150
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,137 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
221
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: 221 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sawyer East Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 6 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-10.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,064 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,358 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 542 1 0 1845.0
2024 Q1 1,195 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,686 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,681 1 0 271.7
2023 Q2 3,366 1 0 297.1
2023 Q1 2,952 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,692 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,788 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,377 1 0 726.2
2022 Q1 2,022 2 0 989.1
2021 Q4 566 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,566 2 1 779.4
2001 Q3 5,981 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,428 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,397 9 5 1667.6
2000 Q4 8,397 15 11 1786.4
2000 Q3 8,573 42 32 4899.1
2000 Q2 4,809 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,995 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 4 incidents

November 24, 1999 OK · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN HOISTING CONVEYOR , CHAIN BROKE AND THE CONVEYOR FELL TO THE GROUND.

November 10, 1999 OK · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING ON BEARING OF 600 LOADER & GOT PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE

July 9, 1999 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

A PIECE FELL OUT OF THE DRILL WHILE EE WAS RUNNING IT. HE CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF THE DRILL TO REPLACE IT AND FELL OFF HITTING HIS HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY ON THE GROUND.

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