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MALVERN MINING Metal/Non-Metal

Acme Brick Company · Surface

Controlled by Berkshire Hathaway Inc

Malvern, Hot Spring County, AR · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0300132

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2004–2025
Latest incident: Jul 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$6,907

proposed penalties

$6,742

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	6,106	5	818.9
2025 Q3	5,349	0	0.0
2025 Q2	4,981	4	803.1
2025 Q1	4,893	1	204.4
2024 Q4	5,084	0	0.0
2024 Q3	6,191	0	0.0
2024 Q2	5,042	0	0.0
2024 Q1	4,326	1	231.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 7, 2025 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Acme Brick Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Equipment Operator stepped off of excavator turned to walk away and stepped on a clay chunk on the ground, Stubbled but did not fall, upon catching EE's balance felt a pop in EE's left knee. Conditions in the bullpen area was dry. On 7/11/2025 Employee reported that EE's knee had gotten worse and was taken to the ER. Further treatment was given at ER EE was released to home.

2017 · 1 incident

August 23, 2017 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Acme Brick Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was removing a starter from an International truck. The bolts were seized up and EE was using a cutting torch to heat the bolts for removal. EE who is nearsighted, slid the prescription safety glasses up to ensure EE was heating the proper bolt when hot grease hit left cheek and splattered into left eye causing a chemical burn.

2015 · 1 incident

July 17, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Acme Brick Company · Struck against stationary object

Associate was closing gate at equipment storage. While closing the gate a red wasp came towards him and associate's instinct was to jump back, when he did his left ear contacted the razor wire on the top of the gate. He received a laceration to his left ear that required 8 stitches.

2011 · 1 incident

October 17, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Acme Brick Company · Struck by falling object

Operator was changing 7' cutting edges on road grader. Operator removed all bolts from cutting edge and found it in a bind. Operator removed 3 of the 4 bolts in the outside cutting edge when 7' cutting edge came free and fell striking him in the right shin and right foot.

2008 · 1 incident

November 14, 2008 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Acme Brick Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The claimant was watching another employee strike a master pin with a sledgehammer. A piece of metal from the master pin shattered off and embedded in the claimants forehead. He was wearing safety glasses.

2004 · 1 incident

April 28, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Acme Brick Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states that around April 28 or 29, 2004, his hand and wrist started getting sore and then later started swelling. Around that time he was running the scraper on short hauls which caused him to use the levers more often. The soreness and swelling continued and employee came in to report the pain and swelling in his hand and wrist on 5-10-04.