Mining Incidents

Blaine Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Black Mountain Sand LLC
Fay, Dewey County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3402185

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2019–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$13,534
proposed penalties
$13,534
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
2024 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,116 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,117 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 624 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

4 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 12, 2020 OK · Metal/Non-Metal car trimmer, car loader, bin puller, truck loader SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Mountain Sand Midcon LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped wrong and twisted the knee, causing pain. Diagnosed as knee sprain, light duty.

2019 · 3 incidents

October 20, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Mountain Sand, Eagle Ford, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading rotex balls and screens into the skid steer when EE twisted at the waist and strained back.

June 1, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Mountain Sand, Eagle Ford, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was working at clearing the chute where the Cyclone from the West Dryer discharges into the sump. As EE was working to clear this chute EE smashed hand into the top opening of the chute causing injury to the tip of the little finger on the left hand. The fingernail was lost and the tip of the finger required stitches.

January 7, 2019 OK · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Mountain Sand, Eagle Ford, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee got EE's left thumb caught between a forklift mast and a fork causing a laceration to the left thumb.