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Arkansas Sand Company Metal/Non-Metal

Arkansas Sand Company · Surface

Controlled by Norma Jean Hill; Sam O Ross

Newark, Independence County, AR · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0301904

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 8
Years on record: 2010–2012
Latest incident: Jul 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2005

175

citations

significant & substantial

$143,877

proposed penalties

$35,791

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
2012 Q3	7,072	6	3	848.4
2012 Q2	14,027	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	20,338	20	7	983.4
2011 Q4	24,541	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	22,582	9	4	398.5
2011 Q2	19,401	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	19,710	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	17,330	11	4	634.7

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2012 · 1 incident

July 11, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Arkansas Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Co-worker & EE while on break smoked potpourri otherwise referred to as synthetic marijuana or K.2. After smoking the substance EE passed out resulting in a fall where he struck his head and face on the concrete, 911 was then called. EE was transported to White River Medical Center where he was treated and released to following day.

2011 · 3 incidents

October 4, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Arkansas Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was trying to remove a rock from the trap on the drum feed belt. The lace on the belt caught the rock as the miner was trying to remove it. This caught his hand between the rock and the trap, resulting in the injury. The injury was a laceration of one finger.

September 12, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Arkansas Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing a bearing race from shaft. He had cut the race with a Metabo. After the cut was made, he tried to remove the race by striking with a hammer. At that time a small piece of the race broke off and punctured his lower left forearm. He was wearing a hardhat with safety shield attached at the time.

January 10, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER

Arkansas Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing a belt on a conveyor when swirling wind blew sand in his eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time. Employee's eye was flushed on-site he was later taken to a local Eye Doctor who removed the sand. Employee was given medicated eye drops to prevent infection.

2010 · 4 incidents

December 14, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Arkansas Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee got off a front-end loader and walked toward the classifier when he slipped on a patch of ice. The employee fell to the ground landing on his back and also hitting the back of his head. The employee was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and released for a possible neck & back sprain.

December 9, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Arkansas Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee reported to work on 12-10-10 complaining of a black speck in his right eye.The employee had been performing clean-up activities the day before but stated he did not know how the speck got in his eye.The employee was taken to a local Optometric Physician who removed the foreign material from his right eye and prescripted medicated eye drops to prevent infection.

October 27, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Arkansas Sand Company · Struck by falling object

The employee opened a steel access door/ hatch cover to flip a switch from automatic to manual control on a classifier station. While the employee was flipping the switch the access door/ hatch cover suddenly fell over closing on the employee's left hand. A co-worker helped the employee remove his hand from underneath the door/hatch cover.

July 14, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Arkansas Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was assigned to work with a coworker greasing equipment with a grease gun. As the coworker walked by the EE he heard a grunting sound. He turned back & saw the EE face down on the ground & appeared to be having a seizure. EE was bleeding from a cut on his forehead above his right eye from striking the ground that was covered with rocks & gravel.