Mining Incidents

OZARK Metal/Non-Metal

OZARK, Logan County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0302035

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2016–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
68
citations
13
significant & substantial
$19,681
proposed penalties
$19,530
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 5,585 1 0 179.1
2025 Q3 5,660 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,454 2 1 366.7
2025 Q1 4,684 1 0 213.5
2024 Q4 4,421 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,461 2 0 366.2
2024 Q2 5,772 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,633 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

2025 · 1 incident

April 15, 2025 AR · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
RIVER VALLEY QUARRIES LLC · Struck by falling object

Broken Index finger on the right hand, as well as 2 stiches in the middle knuckle.

2021 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2021 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
RIVER VALLEY QUARRIES LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was changing a tail pully bearing. EE was holding the shaft up with a bar while cleaning it for reassembly. When bar slipped off of the shaft and pinched left index finger between shaft and conv. frame.

April 3, 2021 AR · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RIVER VALLEY QUARRIES LLC · Fall from machine

employee was tightening an oil filter on a front end loader when EE slipped off the walk way/battery box and fell to the ground.

2016 · 1 incident

August 1, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
RIVER VALLEY QUARRIES LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a doorway in a cargo container with a hand grinder. The steel pinched the wheel and the grinder slipped hitting EE in the leg requiring 5 staples.