Varnell Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Oklahoma Natural Stone and Hardscapes
· Surface
Controlled by
Terry Lee Nix
RedOak,
Latimer County,
OK
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402142
Varnell Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $242 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
39
citations
11
significant & substantial
$11,479
proposed penalties
$11,237
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $242 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
17
inspections on record
170
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 170 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Varnell Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $242 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$242
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q3 | 825 | 2 | 1 | 2424.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,198 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 786 | 2 | 1 | 2544.5 |
| 2018 Q3 | 727 | 1 | 0 | 1375.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 987 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,278 | 5 | 0 | 3912.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q3 | 2,882 | 5 | 3 | 1734.9 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,247 | 7 | 2 | 2155.8 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,680 | 5 | 1 | 2976.2 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,244 | 2 | 2 | 1607.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,224 | 3 | 1 | 2451.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 902 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 976 | 1 | 0 | 1024.6 |
| 2015 Q1 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,109 | 1 | 0 | 901.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,284 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,016 | 3 | 0 | 2952.8 |
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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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.