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HIGHLAND GYPSUM (PIT #1): 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Charles W Harrison Jr
Pike County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300277

MSHA record for HIGHLAND GYPSUM (PIT #1) (mine ID 0300277). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Ownership history
  1. Arkansas Gypsum Company Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Highland Gypsum Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HIGHLAND GYPSUM (PIT #1) sits in Pike County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Pike County, Arkansas · Population 10,182
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$51,000
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
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 4, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Highland Gypsum Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

MAN WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH A FRONT-END LOADER AND PASS OUT ON JOB.

1987 · 1 incident

October 6, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Highland Gypsum Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER EXPERIEN7ED DIZZINESS AND DROVE OFF SIDE OF ROAD VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT TOTALED

1984 · 1 incident

June 27, 1984 AR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Highland Gypsum Company · Struck against a moving object

ON HAUL ROAD FROM CRUSHER TO PLAND. RAIN MADE ROAD SLICK, DUMP TRUCK AND PICKUP MET AND DUMP TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP AND HIT PICKUP HEAD ON. PICKUP DRIVER HAD ABRASION TO TOP OF HIS HEAD, CONTUSI ON TO CHEST AND STRAIN MUSCLE IN NECK.