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Southwestern State Sand: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Snyder, Tillman County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3400615

Southwestern State Sand has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–2019
Latest incident
Sep 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
25
significant & substantial
$28,529
proposed penalties
$28,529
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southwestern State Sand Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
575
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: 575 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Southwestern State Sand has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-30.
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.
27.2%
significant & substantial
8.7%
high negligence or reckless
27.2%
reasonably likely or greater
45.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.1% low, 77.2% moderate, 8.7% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2010-03-10.
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 2004-92-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $4K → $2K
CENT 2010-528M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $3K → $3K
CENT 2004-153-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $350 → $350
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2020-09-17, 5 years ago
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southwestern State Sand Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 3
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 4
2014 4
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 6
2007 7
2006 6
2005 6
2004 5
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Southwestern State Sand sits in Tillman County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tillman County, Oklahoma · Population 6,967
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,445
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
2023 Q1 1,108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,668 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,099 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,068 1 0 483.6
2021 Q4 2,668 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,202 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,269 1 0 440.7
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 1,752 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,182 1 0 458.3
2020 Q3 2,420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,852 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,512 1 0 398.1
2019 Q4 2,107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,331 5 1 2145.0
2019 Q2 2,265 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,866 3 0 1607.7
2018 Q4 2,158 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,195 1 0 313.0
2018 Q1 2,254 2 0 887.3
2017 Q4 2,815 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,766 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,984 1 0 335.1
2017 Q1 3,104 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,921 1 0 342.3
2016 Q3 2,401 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,165 1 0 461.9
2016 Q1 2,301 1 0 434.6
2015 Q4 2,174 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,301 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,204 1 0 453.7
2015 Q1 2,067 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,166 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,201 3 1 1363.0
2014 Q2 2,204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,948 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,344 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,469 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,529 1 0 395.4
2012 Q3 2,671 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,787 1 0 358.8
2012 Q1 3,085 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,712 1 0 368.7
2011 Q3 2,930 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,210 1 1 311.5
2011 Q1 2,806 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,817 2 0 710.0
2010 Q3 2,973 7 1 2354.5
2010 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,898 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,953 10 5 3386.4
2009 Q3 3,039 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,017 3 1 994.4
2009 Q1 3,752 4 0 1066.1
2008 Q4 3,847 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,116 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,477 1 0 223.4
2008 Q1 4,158 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,314 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,863 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,727 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,983 1 0 200.7
2006 Q3 4,306 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,126 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,065 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,231 2 0 619.0
2005 Q3 3,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,715 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,709 1 1 269.6
2004 Q4 4,150 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,841 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,815 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,205 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,652 9 1 2464.4
2003 Q3 4,415 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,840 1 0 260.4
2003 Q1 2,843 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,472 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,387 16 6 4723.9
2002 Q1 3,036 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,607 1 1 277.2
2001 Q3 7,265 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,500 1 0 400.0
2001 Q1 3,018 6 3 1988.1
2000 Q4 3,106 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,495 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,007 3 3 748.7
2000 Q1 3,561 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 14, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand Fatality · OTHER
Southwestern State Sand Corp · Drowning

EE was loading boat onto trailer, another EE in pickup started to pull up, wheels started spinning. Other EE went to get loader and chain, when he got back EE told him that boat had floated off trailer, EE was standing beside pickup. The other EE went to shop to get hook to try to retrieve boat, when he returned, EE's boots were by the water and EE was missing.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

September 11, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand FIRE
Southwestern State Sand Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was refueling gas powered water pump and spilled fuel on engine. Fuel ignited due to hot engine.

2014 · 1 incident

October 24, 2014 OK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Southwestern State Sand Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting torch to make repairs on sand plant. He was lying on his left side cutting metal above his head, up wind from sparks. A spark went into his right ear while trying to remove the spark he burned himself with the cutting torch.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal
Southwestern State Sand Corp · -

STRIPPING FLOORS IN OFFICE, SLIPPED AND FELL ON BOTTOM THEN FELL BACK HITTING HEAD ON FILE CABINET. HEAD NEEDED 8 STAPLES.

1990 · 1 incident

January 22, 1990 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southwestern State Sand Corp · Fall from machine

CLIMBED ON TOP OF ROCK CHUTE TO UNSTOP IT STEPPED OVER RAIL FELL 20' LANDING ON FEET REACHED FOR RAIL AFTER FALLING THAT BROKE HIS WRIST IMPACT BROKE BOTH HEALS AND SOME TOES.