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Danny Hall: 46 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Danny Hall · Surface
Controlled by Danny Hall
Harrison, Boone County, AR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0301901

Danny Hall has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $558 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
46
citations
14
significant & substantial
$17,136
proposed penalties
$11,765
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,371 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Danny Hall's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
16
inspections on record
246
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: 246 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Danny Hall has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $558 outstanding across 6 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$558
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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.
31.8%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
31.8%
reasonably likely or greater
68.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 72.7% moderate, 18.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
21 citations taken to the federal commission · 46% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 43%
  • Stood as issued 11 · 52%
  • Still open 1 · 5%
78%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $5K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-06-15.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2010-1083M Settlement Rae 2011 $4K → $528
CENT 2007-281M Default Lesnick 2008 $3K → $3K
CENT 2011-329M Settlement Rae 2011 $1K → $1K
CENT 2009-542M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $1K → $381
CENT 2010-1084M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $807 → $100
CENT 2026-0215 Decision pending
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-05-05, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
  • Cadmium oxide fumes3
  • Chromium, insoluble3
Show the individual readings (44)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-05-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.7 0.33 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Copper fumes 21.44 300 0.07 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Iron oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0.14 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Iron oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-03-14 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
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. Danny Hall 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 3
2005 4
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Danny Hall sits in Boone County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boone County, Arkansas · Population 37,896
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,195
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
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 92 8 4 86956.5
2010 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 247 5 3 20242.9
2010 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 261 4 0 15325.7
2009 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 176 2 0 11363.6
2008 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 580 1 0 1724.1
2007 Q3 707 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,074 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 267 11 2 41198.5
2006 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 132 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 330 9 4 27272.7
2006 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 144 3 0 20833.3
2005 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 581 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

April 6, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Danny Hall · Contact with hot objects or substances

One man was sorting thru a scrap metal pile and unknowingly punctured a hole in an aerosol can containing highly flammable ingredients. The other man lit the torch which ignited the fumes which caused the explosion.

April 6, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Danny Hall · Contact with hot objects or substances

One man was sorting thru a scrap metal pile and unknowingly punctured a hole in an aerosol can containing highly flammable ingredients. The other man lit the torch which ignited the fumes which caused the explosion.