East Cave City Quarry has $64K in proposed MSHA penalties and $813 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2017–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
146
citations
44
significant & substantial
$64,032
proposed penalties
$63,219
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $813 gap.
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: 970 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
East Cave City Quarry has $64K in proposed MSHA penalties and $813 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.
$64K
proposed penalties
$64K
current assessed
$63K
paid to date
$813
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
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: 2024-12-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Track Man/Gang
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-12-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shuttle Car Operator (diesel)
2024-12-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.17
0.88
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sand Filler (Dry)
2021-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
0.89
0.81
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.47
0.74
Front-end Loader 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.
East Cave City Quarry recorded 1.56 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.
1.56
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
1.56
0.00
0.000
2024
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019
2.05
0.00
0.000
2018
6.15
3.07
0.000
2017
3.25
1.63
0.000
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
68
2025
55
2024
48
2023
68
2022
31
2021
19
2020
35
2019
84
2018
84
2017
61
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
East Cave City Quarry sits in Sharp 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.
Sharp County, Arkansas · Population 17,597
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,950
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
43,410
3
1
69.1
2026 Q1
25,546
4
2
156.6
2025 Q4
39,335
3
0
76.3
2025 Q3
32,025
2
0
62.5
2025 Q2
35,041
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
21,985
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
22,941
2
0
87.2
2024 Q3
23,835
2
0
83.9
Show 22 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
29,811
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
24,657
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
20,886
2
0
95.8
2023 Q3
40,611
3
0
73.9
2023 Q2
43,876
11
4
250.7
2023 Q1
30,222
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
19,791
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,272
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,160
1
0
463.0
2020 Q1
33,814
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
38,420
19
7
494.5
2019 Q3
56,087
6
0
107.0
2019 Q2
53,767
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
46,599
9
6
193.1
2018 Q4
46,599
3
3
64.4
2018 Q3
49,299
5
1
101.4
2018 Q2
49,672
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
49,672
5
2
100.7
2017 Q4
51,096
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
17,478
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
26,304
11
4
418.2
2017 Q1
28,106
33
14
1174.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2025 · 1 incident
May 28, 2025AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patrick Lovins was working on the jaw of crusher and injured their left ring finger resulting in 3 stitches.
2019 · 2 incidents
August 25, 2019AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Contractor B-5026 had contract employees on site pouring concrete piers. The pier form came loose causing it to buckle. Two of the contract employees fell, one had an ankle injury, one had a strained back.
June 27, 2018AR · Metal/Non-Metalcement worker, concrete worker, form man, mandoseal manSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ramsons, Contractor B-5026 had contract employees on site pouring concrete piers. The pier form came lose causing it to buckle. Two of the contract employees fell,one had an ankle injury, one had a strained back.
April 20, 2018AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON