Mining Incidents

Elizabeth Quarry Inc: 100 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Elizabeth Quarry Inc · Surface
Controlled by Chad Rubert Smith
Elizabeth, Fulton County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301940

Elizabeth Quarry Inc has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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 2007
100
citations
20
significant & substantial
$18,442
proposed penalties
$16,871
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,571 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
39
inspections on record
596
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: 596 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elizabeth Quarry Inc has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-29.
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.
20.4%
significant & substantial
15.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.4%
reasonably likely or greater
33.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.1% low, 78.6% moderate, 15.3% 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: 2026-06-30
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz82 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.43 1.30 Truck Driver
2007-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 0.88 1.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.04 0.24 Utility Man
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.65 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.79 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2007-09-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.18 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.77 0.31 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.
Ownership history
  1. Rocky Ridge Quarry, Inc. 2006 to 2015
  2. Elizabeth Quarry Inc 2015 to 2018
  3. Elizabeth Quarry Inc 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 9
2023 9
2022 8
2021 5
2020 5
2019 5
2018 4
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2013 3
2012 3
2011 5
2010 5
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Elizabeth Quarry Inc sits in Fulton County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Fulton County, Arkansas · Population 12,239
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$38,941
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 3,072 1 0 325.5
2026 Q1 2,632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,900 4 0 1379.3
2025 Q3 3,456 1 0 289.4
2025 Q2 3,820 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,870 10 2 2584.0
2024 Q4 3,552 15 0 4223.0
2024 Q3 3,320 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,150 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,320 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,214 8 1 1898.4
2023 Q3 4,144 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,342 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,031 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,866 10 1 3489.2
2022 Q3 5,060 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,956 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,883 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,400 4 3 1666.7
2020 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,400 3 1 1250.0
2019 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 840 1 0 1190.5
2018 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,920 1 0 520.8
2017 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 720 4 0 5555.6
2016 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,180 4 0 3389.8
2016 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,700 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,180 1 0 847.5
2015 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,553 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 985 1 0 1015.2
2013 Q1 753 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,242 4 1 3220.6
2012 Q1 1,347 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,376 2 0 1453.5
2011 Q3 1,866 1 0 535.9
2011 Q2 1,787 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,306 1 1 765.7
2010 Q4 1,690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,666 3 1 1800.7
2010 Q2 2,135 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,534 3 2 1955.7
2009 Q4 1,661 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,008 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,837 2 2 1088.7
2009 Q1 1,274 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,815 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,377 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,297 2 1 870.7
2008 Q1 1,878 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,835 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,216 2 2 902.5
2007 Q2 2,208 3 1 1358.7
2007 Q1 1,916 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 365 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.