What are WILLIS's MSHA penalties?

WILLIS has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

WILLIS: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Meridian Aggregates Co LP · Surface

Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc

Kingston, Marshall County, OK · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3401453

WILLIS 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: 23
Years on record: 1984–2002
Latest incident: Jan 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,397

proposed penalties

$2,397

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

inspections on record

126

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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

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.

$2K

proposed penalties

$2K

current assessed

$2K

paid to date

outstanding

22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2003-12-10.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

31.8%

significant & substantial

0.0%

high negligence or reckless

31.8%

reasonably likely or greater

54.5%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 95.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Health sampling

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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)

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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: 2002-06-11, 24 years ago

of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit

samples

limit-tested

Most sampled contaminants

Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg2

Show the individual readings (5)

Date	Contaminant	Concentration	Limit	Conc / limit	Occupation
2002-06-11	Respirable dust, <.1mg	0			Truck Driver
2002-06-11	Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz	0.63	10	0.06	Drill Operator, Rotary
2002-06-11	Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz	0.31	10	0.03	Truck Driver
2002-06-11	Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz	0.96	10	0.10	Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-11	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.

Injury rate, 2004

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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 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.

In Oklahoma, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.29 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
2004 *	0.00	0.00	0.000
2003 *	0.00	0.00	0.000
2002 *	6.61	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

Boorhem-Fields Inc 1984 to 1993
Meridian Aggregates Company 1993 to 2001
Meridian Aggregates Co LP 2001 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2004	11
2003	13
2002	11
2001	10
2000	12

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Marshall County, Oklahoma · Population 15,628

2.4%

Mining share of county employment

$56,495

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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
2004 Q4	9,120	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	5,460	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	8,551	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	9,278	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	7,101	4	2	563.3
2003 Q3	7,592	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	7,096	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	8,252	0	0	0.0

Show 12 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4	3,003	1	0	333.0
2002 Q3	7,184	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	10,342	10	3	966.9
2002 Q1	9,707	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	6,896	1	0	145.0
2001 Q3	7,646	1	0	130.8
2001 Q2	7,957	3	1	377.0
2001 Q1	1,493	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	5,259	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	3,997	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	8,111	2	1	246.6
2000 Q1	3,198	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 19, 2002 OK · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Meridian Aggregates Co LP · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED ANDHE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS LOWER BACK ON HANDRAIL.

1997 · 1 incident

January 28, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE

Meridian Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHECKING DRIVE BELTS ON CONVEYERS RIGHT HAND ALL FINGERS RING FINGER CUT OFF BELOW FIRST JOINT MIDDLE FINGER TOOK NAIL AND TIP OFF THE OTHER TWO FINGERS WERE FRACTURED AND CUT. SIDE OF HAND. C UT.

1995 · 1 incident

May 27, 1995 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Meridian Aggregates Company · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF OF DRAWBAR ON D-8H DOZER.

1994 · 1 incident

April 23, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Meridian Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ARM PIN FELL OUT OF EXTENSION ARM OF CYLINDER ON SCRAPER, EMLOYEE LFITED TRAILER TO REINSTALL PIN. PULLED LEFT SHOULDER MUSCLE.

1992 · 1 incident

July 27, 1992 OK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

54736YEE WAS PRYING OUT OF SCREEN FRAME-FLAG BROKE OFF AND FELL ON THUMB CUTTING IT (4 STITCHES).

1989 · 2 incidents

August 10, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLOWED END LOADER TO FREE WHEEL LOADER STRUCK BEAM AND SHOOK UP EE.

June 29, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS WORKING ON CEDAR RAPIDS SCREEN PUT HAND IN SIDE OPENING TO REMOVE CABLE HOIST HOOK ECCENTRIC SHAFT ROLLED BACK & CAUGHT HIS HAND BRUISING IT.

1988 · 1 incident

April 8, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by falling object

ING CHANGE HAMMERS ON HAMMER MILL AND DROPPED HAMMER ON FINGER.

1987 · 1 incident

June 2, 1987 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING GROND C5BLE WITH HACKSAW - SAW SLIPPED, CUT LEFT THUBM

1986 · 7 incidents

May 29, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED FROM JA4 AND SLIPPED AND FOOT WENT DOWN IN BETWEEN JAW AND FRAME OF JAW CRUSHER.

May 19, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Struck by flying object

DRIVING BUSHING3OUT OF DRILL STEEL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF SLEDGE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND PENETRATED STOMACH

April 17, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Boorhem-Fields Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D BACK PULLING ROCKS IN JAW CRUSHER.

February 15, 1986 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)