Mining Incidents

SEMCO PIT: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

BLUEBIRD STONE · Surface
Controlled by Tommy Caldwell
Poteau, Le Flore County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3402055

SEMCO PIT has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
9
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,712
proposed penalties
$1,712
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
15
inspections on record
82
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: 82 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SEMCO PIT has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-04-25.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
44.4%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 44.4% moderate, 44.4% 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 · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2011-04-05.
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 2011-613M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. BLUEBIRD STONE 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 1
2018 3
2016 0
2011 1
2010 3
2009 8
2008 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SEMCO PIT sits in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Le Flore County, Oklahoma · Population 48,728
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,027
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 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 479 7 3 14613.8
2018 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 3 1 0 333333.3
2010 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 295 1 0 3389.8
2009 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 444 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 427 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 480 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.