Granite Mountain Quarry #3 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
108
citations
16
significant & substantial
$19,095
proposed penalties
$18,950
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $145 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: 953 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Granite Mountain Quarry #3 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $445 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-12.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$445 proposed, $300 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-10-28.
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.
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: 2026-08-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (22)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
2.38
0.24
Utility Man
2024-01-04
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.19
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2024-01-04
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-04
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
1.83
Bobcat Operator
2021-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-07-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Cleanup Man
2020-07-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Utility Man
2019-01-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
1.6
0.42
Utility Man
2019-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2014-05-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Bobcat Operator
2014-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2014-05-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.53
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2012-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
1.57
0.43
Utility Man
2012-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.62
0.21
Mechanic
2012-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.85
0.18
Mechanic
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.
Granite Mountain Quarry #3 recorded 3.58 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.
3.58
total case rate
3.58
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
3.58
3.58
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
27
2025
26
2024
23
2023
23
2022
23
2021
24
2020
20
2019
18
2018
18
2017
18
2016
16
2015
14
2014
13
2013
19
2012
16
2011
16
2010
18
2009
22
2008
22
2007
21
2006
21
2005
20
2004
19
2003
20
2002
16
2001
19
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Granite Mountain Quarry #3 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
Employee was assisting shop welder with hydraulic hammer housing being repaired. Employee used overhead crane to lift one end of hammer housing to enable cleaning and new seal prep. A lifting eye that was tack-welded to the end of the housing, broke free causing the hammer housing to fall to the floor and crush the employee's toes. Employee was wearing safety toed shoes.
2020 · 1 incident
January 20, 2020AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nailing stakes in the ground with sledge hammer when employee hit the top of right foot suffering a contusion.
2005 · 1 incident
July 22, 2005AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Changing oil under a loader on the gravel when he put left knee down on a rock. He thought that the knee would get better. He had problems off and on and then went in and found out that it was prepatellar bursitis and had to have surgery. Had surgery on Feb. 9th. I'm not sure if this falls under occupational or not?
2002 · 1 incident
October 31, 2002AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS