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Batesville Plant #15: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

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
$5,855
proposed penalties
$5,855
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Capital Sand Company, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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
ⓘ 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 2026-06-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.7%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 77.8% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-09
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Galloway Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. 2012 to 2025
  2. Capital Sand Company, Inc. 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 6
2015 5
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Batesville Plant #15 sits in Independence County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Independence County, Arkansas · Population 38,120
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,009
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 2,877 2 0 695.2
2026 Q1 3,855 0 0 0.0
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
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 1,527 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,503 5 2 3326.7
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 file

2025 · 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)

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.