Mining Incidents

GOOD VIBES: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

C & N Quartz Mine · Surface
Controlled by Neal Smith
Jesseville, Saline County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301660

GOOD VIBES has $511 in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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 2001
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$511
proposed penalties
$451
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
10
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

GOOD VIBES has $511 in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$511
proposed penalties
$511
current assessed
$451
paid to date
$60
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $454 in penalties contested before the Commission, $454 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-23.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% 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
CENT20020195M Settlement Barbour 2002 $341 → $341
CENT20020194M Settlement Barbour 2002 $113 → $113
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Newton Crystals 1989 to 1992
  2. C & N Quartz Mine 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 0
2006 1
2005 0
2004 0
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GOOD VIBES sits in Saline 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.
Saline County, Arkansas · Population 125,724
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,534
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
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 30 1 0 33333.3
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 80 1 0 12500.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 80 5 2 62500.0
2000 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 120 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.