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Dredge Cora J: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by W Scott McGeorge
Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301813

Dredge Cora J has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $495 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2000–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
2
significant & substantial
$4,085
proposed penalties
$3,590
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $495 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Jeffrey Sand Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
521
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: 521 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dredge Cora J has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $495 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$495
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-08.
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.
6.1%
significant & substantial
3.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.1%
reasonably likely or greater
18.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 78.8% moderate, 3.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-09-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
  • Cadmium oxide fumes3
Show the individual readings (51)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Welder, etc.
2025-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-11-12 Cobalt fumes 0.02 100 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Copper fumes 2.24 100 0.02 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Iron oxide fumes 0.09 10 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Lead fumes 0.29 150 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Zinc oxide fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Arsenic fumes 3.93 500 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Cadmium oxide fumes 0.5 100 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Cobalt fumes 0.71 100 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Copper fumes 24.14 100 0.24 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Iron oxide fumes 4.03 10 0.40 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Lead fumes 0.36 150 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Vanadium fumes 0.04 50 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Zinc oxide fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Arsenic fumes 0.6 500 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Copper fumes 1.85 100 0.02 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Iron oxide fumes 0.07 10 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Lead fumes 0.48 150 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Arsenic fumes 0.49 500 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-11-12 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-09-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
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.

Dredge Cora J recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.60 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. Jeffrey Sand Company 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 22
2025 14
2024 5
2023 5
2022 6
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 6
2015 5
2014 6
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dredge Cora J sits in Pulaski County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pulaski County, Arkansas · Population 398,949
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,385
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
2026 Q2 15,742 3 0 190.6
2026 Q1 20,543 2 0 97.4
2025 Q4 18,975 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,612 8 1 512.4
2025 Q2 3,140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,461 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,247 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,440 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,407 1 0 293.5
2024 Q1 3,782 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,994 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,551 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,710 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,616 1 0 276.5
2022 Q4 3,503 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,877 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,214 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,871 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,039 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,138 1 0 318.7
2021 Q1 3,224 1 0 310.2
2020 Q4 3,589 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,707 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,202 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,136 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,763 1 0 265.7
2019 Q3 3,642 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,435 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,537 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,331 2 0 600.4
2018 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,564 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,428 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,996 1 0 333.8
2017 Q3 3,638 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,313 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,838 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,173 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,588 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,605 1 0 277.4
2016 Q1 3,587 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,226 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,090 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,895 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,672 1 0 272.3
2014 Q3 3,085 1 0 324.1
2014 Q2 3,714 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,047 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,121 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,177 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,213 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,899 1 1 344.9
2012 Q3 3,044 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,323 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,142 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,668 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,406 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,467 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,152 3 0 951.8
2010 Q3 3,272 1 0 305.6
2010 Q2 3,348 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,811 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,798 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,915 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,769 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,145 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,394 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,865 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,795 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,273 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,027 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,653 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,636 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,649 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,558 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,349 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,297 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,519 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,252 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,210 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,412 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,532 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,308 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,605 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,298 1 0 303.2
2003 Q2 2,816 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,801 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,881 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,424 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,812 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,820 3 0 1063.8
2001 Q3 3,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,813 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,457 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,745 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,695 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,356 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 2, 2026 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Squatting to retrieve a rope and caused a back spasm.

2022 · 2 incidents

December 21, 2022 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeffrey Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While using a sledge hammer to loosen a pump impeller, a finger on the right hand was caught between the handle and the pump shell. This caused a fracture of the end of the finger.

April 2, 2022 AR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Jeffrey Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

The employee had a piece of slag enter EE's ear while cutting metal in a screen waste chute. Originally it was treated with drops, but later it was determined to need surgery (7/21/2022).

2019 · 2 incidents

August 26, 2019 AR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee cut EE's finger in two places while removing spud pins from the starboard spud. The cuts required 13 stitches, total. Gloves were being worn at the time. The stitches were done by MedExpress in NLR.

May 22, 2019 AR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

The employee was using a pipe wrench to loosen a pipe. The wrench slipped from the pipe, causing EE's left hand to be cut on the middle knuckle. The employee was wearing gloves at the time. The cut required stitches, which were done at Concentra Health in Little Rock, AR.

2018 · 1 incident

June 15, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

Taking a wire rope off of a barge timber head. Wire rope had a burr on it and caught my finger.

2012 · 2 incidents

November 14, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FIRE
Jeffrey Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Welding. Welding and a piece of slag fell between my life jacket and shirt. Caught my shirt on fire and burnt my abdomen.

August 7, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

We thought employee was suffering from Heat Exhaustion but after being examined at the Hospital it was determined he had a Heart Attack.

2011 · 1 incident

October 5, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Jeffrey Sand Company · Flash burns (welding)

Helping a welder and burnt my eyes. I did not report this injury to my employer until 10/11/2011.

2007 · 2 incidents

September 8, 2007 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

Pulling on a wire rope from a winch. His right hand was cut by a peice of the wire rope.

June 6, 2007 AR · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cut the back of his right hand with a piece of wire rope. He cut his hand on June 6, 2007 but did not go to the Doctor until July 23, 2007.

2006 · 1 incident

August 18, 2006 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Jeffrey Sand Company · Contact with heat

Hot Weather. Did not drink enough fluids.

2005 · 1 incident

July 20, 2005 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a piece of steel cable with a cable cutter. A piece of the cable cutter splintered off and struck the employee in the right shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

October 12, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Normal working conditions. Employee injured lower back stepping from flat bottom boat onto the Cora Dredge.Diagnoses was acute lumbar strain.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 3, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENT OVER TO PICK UP A SCREWDRIVER AND HURT HIS BACK.

March 20, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jeffrey Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SAND CLASSIFIER. SLIPPED ON LADDER AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. INJURED LIGAMENTS TO HAND & WRIST.

2001 · 1 incident

June 28, 2001 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVINGA SHOOT PIPE ON THE SCREW AND CUT HIS 4TH FINGERON LEFT HAND ON THE END OF THE PIPE.

2000 · 1 incident

May 17, 2000 AR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by falling object

NORMAL WORKING CONDTIONS CABLE CAME OFF TIMBERHEAD OF BARGE & HIT INDEX FINGER & THUMB ON RIGHT HAND OF EE CAUSING A CONTUSION