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Western: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sandra Lee Williams
Picher, Ottawa County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401810

Western 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
3
Years on record
2016–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,715
proposed penalties
$1,715
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
200
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: 200 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Western 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
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-05-11.
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.
23.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.5%
reasonably likely or greater
47.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.6% low, 82.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2019-09-25, 6 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-25 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. Williams Diversified Materials, Inc. 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 3
2020 4
2019 6
2018 8
2017 6
2016 4
2008 0
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
2003 2
2002 4
2001 5
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Western sits in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Ottawa County, Oklahoma · Population 30,360
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$48,656
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
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 965 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 1,119 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 733 1 0 1364.3
2021 Q1 1,681 1 0 594.9
2020 Q4 2,110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,510 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,294 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,208 1 0 311.7
2019 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,615 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,081 3 1 973.7
2019 Q1 3,940 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,920 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,674 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,172 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,829 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,879 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,317 2 1 1518.6
2017 Q2 2,797 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,420 1 0 704.2
2016 Q4 1,679 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,227 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,037 1 0 964.3
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,084 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,084 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,189 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,111 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,177 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 535 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,377 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,518 1 0 658.8
2005 Q2 588 2 1 3401.4
2003 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,288 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,496 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,340 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,925 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,700 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,592 2 1 771.6
2000 Q3 3,502 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,177 2 0 629.5
2000 Q1 2,332 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

August 14, 2017 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Williams Diversified Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

While operating front-end wheeled loader, employee removed safety barrier, loader slipped over edge and overturned. Employee diagnosed with neck strain.

April 1, 2017 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Williams Diversified Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

When employee stepped down from loader to ground, felt a pop in lower back.

2016 · 1 incident