Arkansas Sand Company has $144K in proposed MSHA penalties and $79K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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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
67
significant & substantial
$143,877
proposed penalties
$35,791
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $108,086 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
36
inspections on record
660
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 660 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Arkansas Sand Company has $144K in proposed MSHA penalties and $79K outstanding across 8 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$144K
proposed penalties
$115K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$79K
outstanding
168 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ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
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
22,201
1
1
45.0
2010 Q2
24,618
27
15
1096.8
2010 Q1
19,831
14
11
706.0
2009 Q4
3,800
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,740
1
0
267.4
2009 Q2
3,630
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,625
10
4
2758.6
2008 Q4
3,555
6
0
1687.8
2008 Q3
3,942
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,390
2
0
590.0
2008 Q1
2,097
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,034
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,940
1
0
253.8
2006 Q4
3,746
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,430
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,920
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,080
5
4
2403.8
2005 Q4
1,488
5
1
3360.2
2005 Q3
1,440
7
0
4861.1
2005 Q2
2,921
22
4
7531.7
2005 Q1
2,048
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2012 · 1 incident
July 11, 2012AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 2011AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING 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, 2011AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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, 2011AR · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manOTHER
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, 2010AR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.
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, 2010AR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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, 2010AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.
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