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DELIGHT PLANT: 1 recorded fatality 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.
See Hanson Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $134K in penalties contested before the Commission, $55K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-23.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
56.2%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 43.8% moderate, 56.2% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
59%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$134K proposed, $55K 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 2005-03-10.
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 2005-125M Settlement Zielinski 2006 $134K → $55K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

DELIGHT PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.37 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Tri-State Concrete Company Inc 1984 to 1987
  2. Tri-State Sand & Gravel Inc 1987 to 1987
  3. Hanson Aggregates West Inc 1988 to 2004
  4. Hanson Aggregates 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 0
2004 3
2003 5
2001 6
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DELIGHT PLANT sits in Pike County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pike County, Arkansas · Population 10,182
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$51,000
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
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.