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Pryor Mtn. Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Ronnie Duffield Gravel Company · Surface

Controlled by Matt Duffield; Luke B Duffield; David D Duffield

Higden, Cleburne County, AR · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0302031

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2014–2025
Latest incident: Apr 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2013

citations

significant & substantial

$11,982

proposed penalties

$11,982

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	3,822	3	0	784.9
2025 Q3	4,695	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,767	6	3	1592.8
2025 Q1	3,203	1	0	312.2
2024 Q4	2,592	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,696	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,164	7	1	1681.1
2024 Q1	1,891	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

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 16, 2025 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Ronnie Duffield Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking up a ramp to loader. Their right foot slipped, they tried to recover using left foot, and left knee bent backwards. The doctors believe they sprained their MCL on left knee. MRI is scheduled for 04/24/2025 and they have a follow up appointment on 04/30/2025 to review the results of the MRI.

2019 · 1 incident

June 14, 2019 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hamilton Aggregates, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Maintenance worker was changing HSI hammers. When EE was rotating the roster to change the third hammer, EE's foot was pinched between a new hammer and the main frame, fracturing EE's foot.

2017 · 1 incident

September 7, 2017 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Hamilton Aggregates, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to remove entangled conveyor from pulley on QH331 Cone. Employee was using a pipe wrench to turn the pulley belt, when ee hand slipped catching ee finger in between the pulley and the guard. This resulted in a cut right index finger.

2016 · 1 incident

March 14, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Hamilton Aggregates, Inc · Struck by flying object

Track roller had come off of Drill Rig. While attempting to reinstall the roller by hitting it with a hammer, a small fragment of metal came off cutting through the employee's glove and cutting EE's left finger and imbedding under skin.

2014 · 1 incident

January 22, 2014 AR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Hamilton Aggregates, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While attempting to pull the latches to disconnect the pole attachment from the Bobcat S250, slipped & twisted trapping knee on the back side of the pole attachment, causing a pulled muscle around the knee.