Mining Incidents

Double: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

B B & B Construction Co Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bill Buxton; Larry Brown
Hot Springs, AR, Garland County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301829

Double has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
13
significant & substantial
$10,335
proposed penalties
$8,009
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,326 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
124
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: 124 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Double has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-12-29.
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.
61.9%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
61.9%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 71.4% moderate, 23.8% high, 4.8% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
CENT20020152M Settlement Weisberger 2002 $7K → $4K
CENT20030212M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $399 → $399
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: 2003-06-04, 23 years ago
63%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz85 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.29 1.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.41 0.36 6.69 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.24 3.67 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.31 1.84 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.03 0.32 3.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.55 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.16 1.3 0.89 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 0.95 0.91 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. B B & B Construction Co Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 2
2003 10
2002 8
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Double sits in Garland 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.
Garland County, Arkansas · Population 100,062
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,409
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
2004 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,352 1 0 739.6
2003 Q3 3,059 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,219 2 1 901.3
2002 Q4 2,667 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,884 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 478 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,607 12 8 4603.0
2001 Q3 2,587 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,336 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.