Mining Incidents

Bluebird Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Bluebird Sand LLC · Surface
Mount Pleasant, Izard County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301988

Bluebird Sand has $53K 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
2
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
91
citations
35
significant & substantial
$53,317
proposed penalties
$51,915
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,402 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
22
inspections on record
383
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: 383 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bluebird Sand has $53K 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-11.
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
2015 Q4 12,298 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,969 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 17,781 8 5 449.9
2015 Q1 20,111 3 1 149.2
2014 Q4 21,209 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 21,387 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 20,600 12 3 582.5
2014 Q1 12,305 2 0 162.5
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 6,011 8 0 1330.9
2013 Q3 5,181 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,927 6 1 756.9
2013 Q1 6,519 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,071 6 3 988.3
2012 Q3 4,240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,793 10 3 1137.3
2012 Q1 21,140 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 18,536 9 8 485.5
2011 Q3 16,702 11 3 658.6
2011 Q2 18,202 2 2 109.9
2011 Q1 17,355 14 6 806.7
2010 Q4 15,726 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,459 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,202 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,235 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

March 9, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Bluebird Sand LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The Miner was shoveling out from underneath a feeder hopper and started feeling bad and having chest pains and shortness of breath and apparently was having a heart attack.

February 16, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Bluebird Sand LLC · Struck by falling object

We were hoisting a broken bucket elevator belt out of the elevator bin and the piece that the crane was hooked to broke and fell 60 foot striking the employee. The employee was struck and received injury to his back, shoulder, and ribs.

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