Mining Incidents

Gravel Mountain Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Ausley
Bismark, Hot Spring County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301852

Gravel Mountain Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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 2008
19
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,480
proposed penalties
$2,472
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
29
inspections on record
347
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: 347 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gravel Mountain Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-04.
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 1,044 1 0 957.9
2025 Q3 1,325 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,195 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,488 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,576 1 0 634.5
2024 Q2 1,385 1 0 722.0
2024 Q1 1,264 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,248 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,263 1 0 791.8
2023 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,395 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,191 1 0 839.6
2022 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,444 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,375 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,322 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,090 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,206 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,183 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,135 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,135 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,304 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,136 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,085 1 0 921.7
2018 Q3 1,011 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,051 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,124 1 0 889.7
2017 Q3 1,340 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,253 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,210 1 0 826.4
2016 Q3 1,353 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,173 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,186 2 0 1686.3
2015 Q4 1,066 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,379 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,327 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 983 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 843 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,202 1 0 831.9
2014 Q2 1,079 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 976 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 890 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 862 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 761 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 873 1 0 1145.5
2012 Q3 974 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,019 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 916 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 872 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 800 1 1 1250.0
2010 Q3 970 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,508 2 0 1326.3
2009 Q4 1,007 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 993 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 949 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 868 2 0 2304.1
2008 Q4 1,380 2 0 1449.3
2008 Q3 1,388 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,393 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 743 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 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.

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