It rained and the mining pit needed to be dewatered. EE was at the mine site alone. It was reported that EE's spouse, was in the truck on the mine site while EE went into the pit. EE moved the telehandler into the pit, parked it on the bottom of the pit parallel on the ramp. EE exited the tele. While standing outside of the tele facing east, the tele fell over onto EE, crushing EE.
P&K Stone LLC operator
Controlled by
Peter R Dawson
MSHA operator ID: 0139253
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
289
citations
75
significant & substantial
$346,343
proposed penalties
$170,167
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $176,176 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
73
inspections on record
1,668
inspection hours
17.3
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.289 citations across 1,668 inspection hours.
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.$346K
proposed penalties
$290K
current assessed
$170K
paid to date
$120K
outstanding
257 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
4 (1f)
2024
5
2022
2
2021
1
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
3
Mines on record
- Coleman Quarry OK
- Chico 1 TX
- Mill Creek Quarry OK
- Chico 2 Quarry TX
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
June 15, 2025
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · MACHINERY
P&K Stone LLC · Struck by falling object
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