Employee was operating an excavator between two small ponds when the ground beneath the excavator tracks failed and the excavator toppled into one of the ponds.
Broken Bow Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal
Controlled by
Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Broken Bow,
Mccurtain County,
OK
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3400460
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2007–2018
- Latest incident
- Apr 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
105
citations
27
significant & substantial
$65,659
proposed penalties
$55,159
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 6,260 | 1 | 0 | 159.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,996 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,874 | 2 | 0 | 410.3 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 7,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)2018 · 1 incident
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Struck by falling object
Employee was removing soft start from a piece of equipment. The soft start slipped in employee's hand and cut ring finger on left hand
2012 · 2 incidents
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Struck against stationary object
Replacing Cutting Edges on 844 John Deere Loader and was taking out bolt and bolt had a spur that caught his glove and the impact gun spun causing the bur to cut through glove into the outer palm of rt hand.
May 23, 2012
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE sprained his lower back while assisting in the rescue and CPR efforts of an employee immediately reportable accident on 5/23/12.EE reported the incident to Penni Carpenter the evening of June 7, 2012.
2011 · 2 incidents
November 6, 2011
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Fall from machine
EE was climbing down from the operator cab of a loader when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Was taken to ER on 11/6/11 for x-rays and they were negative. Continued to have pain and a MRI was ordered on 11/15/11. EE was diagnosed on 11/18/11 with a talus fracture.
November 2, 2011
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was helping replace V-belt on motor under feeder. The hook at the rachet end of the come-a-long came off the beam which allowed the come-a-long to strike employee in the head on the right side of his hard hat. Employee was knocked unconcious. Was taken by air ambulance and then later released.
2008 · 1 incident
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee had been shoveling base material for approx. 10 minutes w/a co-worker. Then they took a 15 minute break and when he went back to shovel he felt a sharp pain in his lower back as soon as he stuck the shovel in the material. Employee was diagnosed with a muscle spasm.
2007 · 1 incident
December 28, 2007
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
OTHER
Meridian Aggregates Company, A Limited Partnership · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Customer truck driver suffered a massive heart attack and died while waiting in his truck to be loaded with material. NOT AN EMPLOYEE.