HAPPENED WITH 966 LOADER. LEFT HOPPER DOWN HILLSIDE, FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR TO DEPRESS BRAKE- LOADER DIED, NO BRAKES. LOADER STARTED GAINING SPEED- DROPPED LOADER BUCKET TO STOP LOADER. LOADER C AME TO QUICK AND SUDDEN STOP. HEAD HIT WINDSHEILD. OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AS INSTRUCTED.
ABRAHAM PIT: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Abraham Sand & Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
Warford Bill & Nina
Clark County,
AR
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301727
MSHA record for ABRAHAM PIT (mine ID 0301727). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1992–1996
- Latest incident
- Jul 1996
Ownership history
- Abraham Sand & Gravel 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ABRAHAM PIT sits in Clark County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Clark County, Arkansas · Population 21,378
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$50,985
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1996 · 1 incident
July 25, 1996
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Abraham Sand & Gravel · Struck against a moving object
1992 · 2 incidents
December 16, 1992
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abraham Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object
EE WAS REPLACING DRIVE SHAFT ON 966 CATLOADER SOMETHING FELL INTO RT EYE DAUSING REDNESS & PAIN SEEN DOC ON 12-17-92 CLEANED EYE RETURNED TO WORK ON 12-18-92
Abraham Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLEANING OUT BELT ROLLERS GLOVE CAUGHT IN ROLLER PULLED HIT HAND THROUGH THE ROLLER