Mining Incidents

Fisher Mountain Metal/Non-Metal

Avant Mining LLC · Surface
Controlled by James Zigras
Mt. Ida, Montgomery County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0302069

Fisher Mountain has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2021
22
citations
5
significant & substantial
$6,662
proposed penalties
$6,662
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
14
inspections on record
207
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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fisher Mountain has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 742 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,399 1 0 714.8
2024 Q3 951 1 0 1051.5
2024 Q2 2,047 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 844 2 0 2369.7
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,461 4 3 2737.9
2023 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,784 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,706 1 0 586.2
2022 Q3 1,386 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,224 4 1 3268.0
2022 Q1 1,064 4 1 3759.4
2021 Q4 1,458 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,344 2 0 1488.1
2021 Q2 1,272 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 880 3 0 3409.1

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.

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