Mining Incidents

Shelton Metal/Non-Metal

Sooner Stone · Surface
Controlled by Christopher Meek
Quinton, OK, Pittsburg County, OK  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3402155

Shelton has $2K 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 2017
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,394
proposed penalties
$2,394
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
13
inspections on record
121
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: 121 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shelton has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-08.
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 840 1 0 1190.5
2025 Q3 965 1 0 1036.3
2024 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,450 3 0 2069.0
2023 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,450 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,440 7 3 4861.1
2022 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 955 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,220 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,250 1 0 800.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 902 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,405 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,905 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,905 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,910 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,440 5 1 3472.2
2016 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 960 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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