Mining Incidents

Pawnee Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

The Quapaw Company · Surface
Controlled by Dolese Brothers Company
Pawnee, Pawnee County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401308

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2001–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
187
citations
41
significant & substantial
$50,335
proposed penalties
$50,092
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
2021 Q2 4,395 1 0 227.5
2021 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 2,207 3 1 1359.3
2020 Q2 4,631 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,262 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,872 1 0 258.3
2019 Q3 6,445 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2018 OK · Metal/Non-Metal hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Struck against stationary object

WAS DOING CLEANUP AND BACKED INTO A BEAM. SCRATCHED LOWER BACK.

June 1, 2018 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Quapaw Company · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING UP EQUIPMENT WHEN FELT CHEST PAIN AND SHOCKING IN LEFT HAND.

2016 · 2 incidents

June 29, 2016 OK · Metal/Non-Metal hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING RETURN ROLLER ON BELT #13, STRAINED TOO HARD AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

May 19, 2016 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pulling out equalizer bar when the chain slipped and mashed finger and hand.

2014 · 1 incident

February 12, 2014 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quapaw Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hitting bar with sledge hammer and missed. Follow through pinched right index finger between hammer handle and bar.

2013 · 1 incident

August 20, 2013 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Digging rocks out of pantleg chute. Pulling one rock out and another rock fell over smashing his left thumb between the two rocks. Fracture left first distal phalanx. Finger splint applied.

2012 · 2 incidents

September 27, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was upset by a phone call giving him bad news about a death in his family, punched the tire of his loader and broke his hand.

March 28, 2012 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Struck by falling object

Sliding hinged steel plate onto axle hinge. Plate slipped and fell on finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

October 15, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was flipping in south double screen chute. Three gates hung together and flipped as one, catching his finger between two gates.

April 16, 2010 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quapaw Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee indicates that repeated jostling around from operating loader has caused him to have lower back problems.

2008 · 2 incidents

November 1, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quapaw Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was holding a piece of rubber for another EE, other EE was using a knife to split and the knife slipped and EE's right thumb was cut.

August 4, 2008 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was carrying a 5 gallon bucket of rock chips and felt a sharp pain in his left side, which persisted until treatment.

2007 · 1 incident

November 13, 2007 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sliding into pant leg chute/he grabbed the rail to stop his slide & strained his left shoulder and neck.

2006 · 1 incident

May 16, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee rubbed his L forearm against a burr underneath fuel tank support frame.

2005 · 1 incident

April 15, 2005 OK · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing a flat tire on a truck and strained his lower back - did not appear to be a serious injury, but led to employee having lower back surgery 8/3/05 - will be off work 6-8 weeks.

2004 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quapaw Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON A BELT TAIL PULLEY WITH ANOTHER EE USING A COME-ALONG; CABLE FOR COME-ALONG BROKE & SMASHED HIS LEFT HAND.

February 2, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON ICE AS HE STARTED TO CLIMB INTO HIS LOADER AND HE PULLED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

2003 · 1 incident

March 25, 2003 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE PRIMARY JAW, SLIPPED, AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 10, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quapaw Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN A STEEP SLOPE.

April 23, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quapaw Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE TAIL PULLEY ON BELT &PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.