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Tulsa Litewate Plant: 137 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jim Chandler
Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3400557

Tulsa Litewate Plant has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–2004
Latest incident
Mar 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
137
citations
33
significant & substantial
$67,623
proposed penalties
$53,239
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,384 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Chandler Materials Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
402
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: 402 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-06-14.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Tulsa Litewate Plant has $68K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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.
$68K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-21.
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.
24.3%
significant & substantial
14.7%
high negligence or reckless
24.3%
reasonably likely or greater
75.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 14.0% low, 70.6% moderate, 14.7% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $11K 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 2009-10-26.
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 2010-74M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $25K → $11K
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: 2010-06-09, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.63 0.21 Truck Loader
2010-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.84 0.29 Kiln/Dryer 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.

Tulsa Litewate Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.38 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 7.80 7.80 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Chandler Materials Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 6
2012 6
2011 7
2010 5
2009 7
2008 11
2007 9
2006 11
2005 13
2004 13
2003 13
2002 14
2001 16
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tulsa Litewate Plant sits in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma · Population 673,708
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,317
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
2013 Q1 3,506 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,318 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,082 5 1 1224.9
2012 Q2 4,006 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,036 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,136 1 0 241.8
2011 Q2 4,576 11 3 2403.8
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 2,741 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,353 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,148 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,122 3 1 960.9
2010 Q1 1,822 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,436 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,253 12 1 3688.9
2009 Q2 5,677 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,128 9 1 2180.2
2008 Q4 6,146 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,186 6 0 1157.0
2008 Q2 6,423 7 0 1089.8
2008 Q1 3,896 7 0 1796.7
2007 Q4 5,371 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,726 6 3 1269.6
2007 Q2 4,703 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,612 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,389 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,364 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,278 4 1 757.9
2006 Q1 5,410 6 1 1109.1
2005 Q4 5,443 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,832 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,203 1 0 161.2
2005 Q1 5,979 2 1 334.5
2004 Q4 5,988 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,172 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,910 8 5 1157.7
2004 Q1 5,561 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,959 6 1 1006.9
2003 Q3 7,174 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,322 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,877 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,176 14 5 1950.9
2002 Q3 7,597 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,586 11 3 1450.0
2002 Q1 7,705 1 0 129.8
2001 Q4 8,176 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,160 5 3 612.7
2001 Q2 9,374 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,038 4 3 662.5
2000 Q4 9,988 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,376 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,798 7 0 897.7
2000 Q1 4,941 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2004 · 1 incident

March 16, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Chandler Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

CABLE ATTACHED TO MAN BASKET BROKE. BASKET FELL ABOUT 12 FT. AS A RESULT OF FALL, THE PERSON IN THE BASKET BROKE HIS LEFT FOREARM & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

May 31, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chandler Materials Company · Struck by falling object

PALLET FELL ON FOOT CAUSED SWELLING SENT TO CLINIC FOR XRAYS NO BONES BROKEN

1987 · 1 incident

December 28, 1987 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chandler Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING WINDSH3ELD ON FRONT END LOADER FOOT SLIPPED JERK WHEN CATCHING SELF CAUSED HERNIA LEFT GROIN.

1984 · 1 incident

November 8, 1984 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chandler Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PASSED OUT ON BURNER PLATFORM FROM A INCARCERATED HERNIA AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER TULSA OKLAHOMA.

1983 · 1 incident

February 14, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chandler Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS HELPING LOAD STEEL FRAMES ON TRUCK-CHAIN SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT THUMB BETWEEN FRAME & TRUCK BED.