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Sawyer - West: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hugo, Choctaw County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401935

Sawyer - West has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
21
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,731
proposed penalties
$6,731
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
18
inspections on record
109
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: 109 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 - West has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $500 in penalties contested before the Commission, $500 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-06-10.
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.
35.0%
significant & substantial
15.0%
high negligence or reckless
35.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 85.0% moderate, 15.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$500 proposed, $500 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 2008-02-07.
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 2008-300M Default Lesnick 2009 $500 → $500
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Sawyer - West recorded 10.55 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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.
10.55
total case rate
5.28
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.56 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
2007 * 10.55 5.28 0.000
2005 * 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. Choctaw Materials LLC 2004 to 2010
  2. Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 0
2008 8
2007 17
2006 7
2005 14
2004 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sawyer - West sits in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Choctaw County, Oklahoma · Population 14,299
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$45,456
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,115 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 5,601 2 0 357.1
2008 Q1 6,012 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,646 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,223 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,277 5 3 486.5
2007 Q1 8,765 11 2 1255.0
2006 Q4 2,941 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,839 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,530 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,506 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,494 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,854 1 1 77.8
2005 Q1 6,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,145 2 1 482.5
2004 Q3 4,560 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 12, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Choctaw Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While the injured was splitting a rock with a chisel. The chisel head broke and a small piece cut his arm requiring 3 stitches.

2007 · 2 incidents

July 26, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Choctaw Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While the injured was splitting a rock, the rock shifted and the injured lost his balance trying to move out of the way and tripped. The 30"x36"x5" shifting rock hit the injured's leg causing a hairline fracture between the ankle and knee.

February 22, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Choctaw Materials LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Reported on 2/22 but no medical or doctor until 2/26/07. While stacking rock on a pallet, the injured was lifting a rock and felt something in his back pull. He went to the doctor in 2/26/07, who gave him prescription for back pain. No lost time for injury. The injured did take time off due to a death in the family.