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Hedger Aggregates Incorporated: 209 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dustin Hedger
Jonesboro, AR, Craighead County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301722

Hedger Aggregates Incorporated has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1999–2021
Latest incident
Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
209
citations
51
significant & substantial
$54,658
proposed penalties
$53,218
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,440 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hedger Aggregate Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
1,093
inspection hours
19.1
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.
209 citations across 1,093 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hedger Aggregates Incorporated has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-13.
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.
24.6%
significant & substantial
17.4%
high negligence or reckless
24.6%
reasonably likely or greater
45.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.5% low, 69.1% moderate, 17.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 25%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $8K 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 2011-10-25.
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
CENT 2005-150M Settlement Zielinski 2005 $4K → $4K
CENT 2012-87M Dismissal Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
CENT 2010-739M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $1K
CENT 2009-191M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $873 → $196
CENT 2006-68M Settlement Zielinski 2006 $629 → $500
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2020-10-28, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg26
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2018-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2018-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.6 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.98 0.29 Cleanup Man
2004-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.39 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.75 0.71 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2001-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.6 0.37 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Hedger Aggregates Incorporated recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.63 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
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 8.56 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 17.17 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 15.65 15.65 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.
Ownership history
  1. 141 Sand & Gravel Inc 1991 to 1997
  2. Hedger Aggregate Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 2
2023 11
2022 13
2021 9
2020 9
2019 8
2018 11
2017 10
2016 11
2015 12
2014 15
2013 12
2012 14
2011 18
2010 11
2009 11
2008 10
2007 9
2006 12
2005 11
2004 10
2003 9
2002 10
2001 10
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hedger Aggregates Incorporated sits in Craighead County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Craighead County, Arkansas · Population 112,097
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$57,615
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
2025 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 249 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,260 1 0 442.5
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 6,333 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,564 2 0 359.5
2023 Q1 5,061 1 1 197.6
2022 Q4 5,639 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,323 1 0 158.2
2022 Q2 5,518 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,379 1 0 185.9
2021 Q4 5,141 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,670 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,227 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,109 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,302 3 0 565.8
2020 Q3 4,546 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,004 8 2 1998.0
2020 Q1 5,112 2 0 391.2
2019 Q4 4,224 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,502 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,677 2 0 427.6
2019 Q1 4,083 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,534 2 1 441.1
2018 Q3 6,053 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,222 5 0 803.6
2018 Q1 5,704 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,166 6 0 973.1
2017 Q3 5,741 2 1 348.4
2017 Q2 5,878 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,583 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,040 2 0 396.8
2016 Q3 5,896 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,542 3 0 541.3
2016 Q1 5,012 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,916 4 1 676.1
2015 Q3 6,252 3 1 479.8
2015 Q2 6,193 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,942 6 1 1214.1
2014 Q4 5,364 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,857 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,215 5 2 958.8
2014 Q1 4,029 6 1 1489.2
2013 Q4 5,397 3 1 555.9
2013 Q3 5,495 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,560 1 0 179.9
2013 Q1 4,911 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,679 4 1 854.9
2012 Q3 6,769 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,428 13 3 2022.4
2012 Q1 7,683 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,840 11 5 1403.1
2011 Q3 9,660 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,989 10 5 1112.5
2011 Q1 7,346 5 1 680.6
2010 Q4 6,242 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,787 5 2 864.0
2010 Q2 7,759 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,572 8 6 1435.8
2009 Q4 6,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,983 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,238 2 0 320.6
2009 Q1 3,824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,972 3 1 603.4
2008 Q3 5,061 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,070 7 0 1719.9
2008 Q1 2,951 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,317 5 0 1507.4
2007 Q3 3,866 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,327 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,039 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,015 4 2 996.3
2006 Q3 4,582 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,555 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,388 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,722 5 0 873.8
2005 Q3 5,912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,360 11 0 2052.2
2005 Q1 4,075 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,227 9 3 1721.8
2004 Q3 5,727 4 0 698.4
2004 Q2 5,371 2 1 372.4
2004 Q1 4,252 7 3 1646.3
2003 Q4 6,102 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,523 6 1 919.8
2003 Q2 6,160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,967 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,006 3 2 499.5
2002 Q3 5,441 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,559 3 2 539.7
2002 Q1 4,841 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,293 5 0 944.6
2001 Q3 6,475 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,379 4 1 743.6
2001 Q1 5,474 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,291 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,372 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,721 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,754 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2021 · 1 incident

June 16, 2021 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by flying object

Working on Crusher and some metal flew up and lodged in Arm above glove

2020 · 1 incident

July 6, 2020 AR · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator MACHINERY
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using the impact in right hand and got cut on the left middle finger. Employee received stitches.

2017 · 1 incident

February 10, 2017 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Laying on the shaker. Lift a piece of belt above head and twisted wrong felt burning and pain down lower back and legs

2015 · 2 incidents

May 13, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Swinging sledge hammer to knock something off & missed pain in r shoulder. Swinging hammer and missed pulled arm. arm now is burning & sharp pain

February 11, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by flying object

Working on crusher a piece of debrie flew up and hit Paul in the mouth

2012 · 2 incidents

November 6, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stepped out of the truck the wrong way and hurt his lower part of his back.

October 5, 2012 AR · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck against stationary object

Slope gave away under the excavator ee was operating. Excavator went over on its side ee was not hurt. Their was a laceration another ee pushed ee off the slope that broke off highwall. EE fell backward about 12ft where ee landed on a huge boulder in the middle of his back and other ee landed on top of ee. EE couldn't walk after that it broke L1 vertebra in the back.

2010 · 1 incident

May 24, 2010 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting a rubber hose, knife closed cutting employee's finger.

2007 · 2 incidents

May 24, 2007 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was shoveling roots and putting them in the bobcat and hurt his back.

May 8, 2007 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was loading blocks and some metal chipped off and got in his eye.

2006 · 1 incident

2005 · 3 incidents

August 16, 2005 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BACKING UP ON THE 821 LOADER. THE SIDE GLASS HUNG ON A TREE LIMB AND BROKE THE GLASS. A PIECE OF THE GLASS WENT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

July 22, 2005 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS PULLING WIRES THROUGH THE LIGHT FIXTURES AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THE SIDE OF THE LIGHT FIXTURE

May 10, 2005 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling on the motor and picking up some spray bars and hurt his arm.

2004 · 1 incident

June 2, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER, CLEANING CRUSHER CHUTE. CHUTE BROKE AND KNOCKED EE AGAINST HANDRAILS AND DOWN TO DECK.

2003 · 1 incident

March 14, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING ACROSS FLOOR IN KITCHEN AREA OF AGGREGATE OFFICE TRAILER, SHE STEPPED ON A SLICK SPOT ON THE FLOOR AND FELL ON HER WRIST.

1999 · 1 incident

October 29, 1999 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hedger Aggregate Inc · Struck by falling object

INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKING SHAFT OUT OF CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY, HE HAD THE PULLEY STANDING ON END, THE PULLEY FELL, INJURING HIS LEFT FOOT.