Mining Incidents

Bradford Mine: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

L & R Quarries Inc · Surface
White County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301608

MSHA record for Bradford Mine (mine ID 0301608). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Dunn & Sentell Construction Company Inc 1986 to 1992
  2. L & R Quarries Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bradford Mine sits in White County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
White County, Arkansas · Population 77,395
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,435
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1992 · 1 incident

July 3, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L & R Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED WHILE STEPPING ON LOADER AND FELL

1991 · 2 incidents

1987 · 2 incidents

July 6, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

OPERATOR ATTEMP7ED TO BOARD MACHINE BY JUMPING ON IT AND SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROCK ON PIT FLOOR.

1986 · 5 incidents

October 30, 1986 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn & Sentell Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRYING TO GET A3CATCH OPEN ON THE DOOR THAT COVERS THE TAIL PULLEY

October 22, 1986 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn & Sentell Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED A CROSS7IE ON MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND INJURING FINGER.RESULTING IN SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE NAIL.

May 20, 1986 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Dunn & Sentell Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HOLDING STEEL P5ATE DOWN FROM ARC WELDER.DAMAGE -SUPERFICIAL INJURY CORNEA.