Mining Incidents

DELIGHT PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Hanson Aggregates · Surface
Delight, Pike County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301587

DELIGHT PLANT has $138K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1989–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$137,613
proposed penalties
$58,113
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $79,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
202
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: 202 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DELIGHT PLANT has $138K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$138K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-23.
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
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 23 4 4 173913.0
2004 Q1 44 9 2 204545.5
2003 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,179 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,377 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,597 3 0 349.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 12,055 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,766 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 21, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD CONVEYOR SHUTTLE, LOAD WAS SUSPENDED IN AIR SO TRUCK COULD BACK UNDER IT. CRANE STARTED SWINGING AND TILTING ALLOWING LOAD TO FALL. LOAD STRUCK EMPLOYEE.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1999 · 2 incidents

May 7, 1999 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING ANGLE IRON WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED INTO EYE.

1997 · 1 incident

May 3, 1997 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIMMING CONVEYOR BELT THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON FEEDER. TENSION ON BELT CAUSED THE BELT CUTTER TO SLIP AND THE HANDLE CAME DOWN AND HIT THE EE ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, CUTTING THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.

1995 · 1 incident

November 4, 1995 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A HYD JACK TO PUSH BOTTOM IN A LOADER BUCKET. A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON BROKE OFF AND HIT EE OVER THE RIGHT EYE.

1994 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVIN GLARGE CHUNKS OF MUD FROM A CONVEYOR BELT LINE WITH HIS HAND SA MUSCLE IN LWOER ABDOMEN WAS PULLED.

April 13, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE OBSERVING CONVEYOR BELT A PIECE OF METAL FELL FROM CONVEYOR STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE NOSE, RESULTING IN A CUT ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND BREAKING THE NOSE.

1992 · 1 incident

September 12, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CROSSING OVER A STOPPED CONVEYOR BELT WHEN STEPPED DOWN RIGHT KNEE WAS TWISTED.

1991 · 1 incident

October 22, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING OUT DRAG CABLE. WEDGE CAME OUT & END OF ABLE PULLED OUT & HIT EMPL OVER LEFT EYE.

1989 · 1 incident

September 26, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

REPAIRS BEING MADE AT CRUSHER SITE. DISCARDED CURSHER PARTS WERE STILL IN AREA EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON AND SLIPPED AND CUT BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS ON CONCRETE FOOTING.

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The full compliance file on DELIGHT PLANT

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.