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: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Berger Plant has $23K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-14.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Berger Plant recorded 7.63 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.63
total case rate
1.27
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.04 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002
7.63
1.27
0.000
2001
1.67
1.67
0.000
2000
1.42
0.00
0.000
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
65
2002
74
2001
54
2000
62
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Berger Plant sits in Pulaski County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pulaski County, Arkansas · Population 398,949
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,385
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
Porocel Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
PUMP DISCHARGE CAUGHT AROUND MIXER SHAFT. EE GRABBED THE HOSE BEFOR COWORKER COULD CUT THE PUMP OFF THE HOSE BROKE, SPRAYING EE IN FACE.
February 7, 2003AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Porocel Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL GOING FROM #2 ACTIVATOR TO #1 CURE BELT HURTING HIS BACK.
January 25, 2003AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE OPENING BOTTOM DOOR ON RAILCAR THE CHEATER BAR THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL CATCHING HIMSELF ON HIS HAND ACROSS THE RAIL BENDING HIS FINGERS BACK CAUSING A STRAIN.
2002 · 6 incidents
December 11, 2002AR · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
WHILE CLEANING AROUND FLASH CALCINE AREA, EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED FORKLIFT, STEPPING ON A PALLET WITH TOE PART OF LEFT BOOT CAUSING HIM TO LEAN BACK AND STRAIN HIS BACK.
September 3, 2002AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A SMALL FEED HOPPER FOR CO-WORKER, MILL #3. HE TOOK A SMALL DOOR OFF THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER AND USED HIS HAND TO CLEAN OUT A MATERIAL BLOCKAGE. HE PUSHED HIS HAND TOO FAL INTO THE HOPPER AND CUT THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE SCREW IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FEED HOPPER. THE SKIN AT THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS CUT, THE FINGER NAIL WAS NOT CUT.
2000 · 1 incident
July 11, 2000AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Porocel Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING KILN SURFACE WITH A GRINDER AND A BROOM. DUST CREATED FROM THE CLEANING INSIDE THE KILN CAUSED A LUNG IRRITATION. THE RESPIRATOR AND DUST MASK USED BY THE EMPLOYEE FAILED AND CAUSED THE LUNG EXPOSURE.
1999 · 4 incidents
June 5, 1999AR · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantMACHINERY
Porocel Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
THE EE WAS PREPARING TO TAKE A KILN SAMLE BY REMOVING THE CAP FROM THE SAMPLE PORT. THE KILN WAS IN AN UPSET CONDITION AND CAUSED HOT PREODUCT TO BLOW OUT OF SAMPLE PORT AND ONTO THE EE PULLIN G THE SAMPLE.
February 15, 1999AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS TRANSFERRING ALUMINA PRODUCT FROM A METAL BIN INTO A BULK BAG AND DUST GERERATED FROM FALLING PRODUCT ENTERED THE EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
January 26, 1999AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
Porocel Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE DEVELOPED A SKIN RASH IN HIS UNDERARM AREA AFTER SCREEN A BORAX PRODUCT FROM 1-16-99 TO 1-18-99. EE WAS WEARING LONG SLEEVES AND A JACKET DURING THE THE EXPOSURE. OTHER EMPLOYEES WORKIGN WITH THIS DID NOT DEVELOP ANY SKIN IRRITATIONS. ON 1-19-98 EE NOTICED A SMALL RASH UNDER HIS ARM, BUT HE DIDN'T REPORT THE RASH TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL IT BECAME INFLAMED ON 1-26-99.
January 3, 1999AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE WORK AREA THE EE PICKED UP A SMALL SECTION OF GRATING AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL CENTER.
1998 · 4 incidents
December 28, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH A INSTALLATION OF VENT DUCTWORK. WHILE IN A TIGHT AREA, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS NECK.
August 21, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porocel Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS ASSISTING WITH MOVING (PUSHING) A SCREW CONVEYOR ONTO THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT WHILE MOVING THE EQUIPMENT THE EE FELT PULL IN THE GROIN AREA
June 4, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY