Mining Incidents

Austin Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Austin, Conway County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301945

Austin Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2007–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
87
citations
16
significant & substantial
$15,026
proposed penalties
$13,616
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,410 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
33
inspections on record
548
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: 548 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Austin Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-01.
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
2020 Q2 387 1 0 2584.0
2020 Q1 946 2 0 2114.2
2019 Q4 4,795 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,704 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,520 2 0 568.2
2019 Q1 3,151 3 0 952.1
2018 Q4 3,256 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,749 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 3,330 4 0 1201.2
2018 Q1 2,213 1 0 451.9
2017 Q4 2,475 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,261 4 0 1226.6
2017 Q2 2,238 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,919 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,030 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,814 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,523 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,944 2 0 1028.8
2015 Q4 3,759 1 1 266.0
2015 Q3 4,012 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,026 1 0 165.9
2015 Q1 6,099 1 0 164.0
2014 Q4 4,815 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,545 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,182 5 1 964.9
2014 Q1 4,794 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,915 3 1 766.3
2013 Q3 5,527 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,649 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,670 3 0 642.4
2012 Q4 3,989 4 1 1002.8
2012 Q3 4,218 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,035 3 1 988.5
2012 Q1 4,281 1 0 233.6
2011 Q4 3,496 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,099 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,456 5 3 774.5
2011 Q1 5,191 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,806 7 2 1205.6
2010 Q3 8,157 2 0 245.2
2010 Q2 9,444 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,040 4 2 568.2
2009 Q4 5,824 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,501 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,796 7 0 1844.0
2009 Q1 5,369 1 0 186.3
2008 Q4 4,465 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,085 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,271 8 3 862.9
2008 Q1 7,613 3 1 394.1
2007 Q4 5,656 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,101 3 0 731.5
2007 Q2 4,810 6 0 1247.4
2007 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 3, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding slag off a piece of 1/2 in metal plate, when a particle passed through the gap of employee's safety glasses and face getting stuck in eye.

2014 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2014 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was priming the water pump, he had to disconnect the hose from the pump to empty any water that had been trapped inside. The hose was elevated and placed gravity pressure on the water inside the hose. When he tried to remove the water the gravity pressure caught him off guard and he stumbled backwards and fell. He tried to catch himself with his right hand.

October 17, 2014 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee #1 was guiding cheek plates into QJ341, Jaw Crusher. Employee #2 was using a hammer to drive in cheek plate. Employee #2 made a miss swing of the hammer, causing employee #1 to be struck in the forehead. Resulting in a laceration.

2012 · 1 incident

January 26, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Working on QJ340 Jaw adjusting pressures with the webteck. The webteck blew a valve hitting employee's right hand and index finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

November 12, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Cutting bolts off a shaker and a piece of slag blew in his ear. Shaker is scrap metal, not sure on its product information.

September 20, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was lying under a crusher replacing a bearing. I piece of metal fell from the bearing got into his right eye.

2009 · 3 incidents

October 12, 2009 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was getting off the haul truck and missed a step. The employee fell and hit his head.

September 9, 2009 AR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was removing a guard over the top of the Jaw crusher to clean out loose rock. Employee caught his right elbow on an open door, cutting it.

March 17, 2009 AR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was sitting on the muck pile in the Link Belt 330LX feeding the Jaw Crusher. By accounts, the Extec Screen Plant stopped and was overflowing with material. It appears that EE tried to climb out of his equipment to turn the jaw off, slipped and fell 12 - 15 feet down the muck pile. He was found unconcious and given first aid by co-workers until help arrived.

2007 · 1 incident

April 4, 2007 AR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Hamilton Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE was feeding the crusher with the excavator. He dumped a load of rock in the feeder. It appears a rock hit the chains in the crusher displacing them allowing another smaller rock to exit the crusher hitting ee in the forehead, while he was in the excavator.

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