Mining Incidents

Watson #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Bedrock Stone · Surface
Controlled by Chris C Watson
Keota, Haskell County, OK  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3402039

Watson #3 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2007
49
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,665
proposed penalties
$8,056
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $609 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
33
inspections on record
375
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: 375 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Watson #3 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-29.
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 1,000 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,300 2 0 1538.5
2024 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,600 1 0 625.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,675 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 280 1 0 3571.4
2023 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,700 1 0 588.2
2022 Q3 1,750 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,550 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,700 1 0 588.2
2021 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,000 1 1 500.0
2020 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,120 3 0 1415.1
2019 Q3 3,380 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,360 1 0 297.6
2019 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,360 2 1 595.2
2018 Q3 2,520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,800 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,360 6 3 1785.7
2017 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,880 4 1 1388.9
2016 Q3 3,840 1 0 260.4
2016 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,880 2 1 694.4
2015 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,220 3 1 931.7
2013 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,010 1 1 497.5
2012 Q4 3,060 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,200 4 3 1818.2
2011 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,600 4 2 1538.5
2010 Q2 3,800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,600 3 1 1875.0
2009 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,400 4 1 1666.7
2008 Q3 3,120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,850 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,545 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,525 4 1 1134.8
2007 Q3 3,840 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,200 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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The full compliance file on Watson #3

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.