Employee was cutting a piece of 2" angle iron with a Milwaukee grinder. A piece of the grinder broke off and kicked back into the employee's right leg cutting EE's knee. Grinder did have the guard on at the time of the incident. Employee went to clinic and received four stitches.
Batesville Plant #15 Metal/Non-Metal
Capital Sand Company, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael K Farmer; Elliott (Bud) E Farmer
Desha,
Independence County,
AR
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0302026
Batesville Plant #15 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,553
proposed penalties
$5,553
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
10
inspections on record
159
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: 159 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Batesville Plant #15 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,494 | 1 | 0 | 401.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,810 | 2 | 0 | 711.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,778 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,069 | 1 | 0 | 935.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,135 | 3 | 0 | 2643.2 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,503 | 5 | 2 | 3326.7 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q2 | 566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,076 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,893 | 1 | 0 | 528.3 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,007 | 2 | 1 | 996.5 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2025 · 1 incident
August 25, 2025
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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