HIRAM QUARRY AND PLANT has $680 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
1989–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
9
citations
2
significant & substantial
$680
proposed penalties
$680
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 219 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HIRAM QUARRY AND PLANT has $680 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.
$680
proposed penalties
$680
current assessed
$680
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-23.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-08-27.
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: 2007-09-19, 18 years ago
80%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz54 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
0.13
4.31
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.16
1.38
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.14
1.00
Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-05-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.17
2.47
Drill Helper
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.19
0.84
Drill Helper
2007-05-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2007-05-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
4
2006
3
2005
3
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HIRAM QUARRY AND PLANT sits in Garland County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Garland County, Arkansas · Population 100,062
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,409
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 Q3
1,918
1
1
521.4
2007 Q2
2,405
2
0
831.6
2007 Q1
1,521
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,823
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,574
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,800
3
0
1666.7
2006 Q1
1,456
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,680
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
1,677
1
1
596.3
2005 Q2
1,438
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,462
2
0
1368.0
2004 Q4
1,712
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,897
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,634
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,925
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,663
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,962
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,680
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,995
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,598
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,721
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,435
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,755
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,434
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,670
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,435
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,384
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,899
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,653
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,434
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,671
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2007 · 1 incident
July 31, 2007AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Smith Abrasives Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was stepping off bulldozer, using the blade arm as a step, when he lost footing and shifted away from dozer and his foot was caught between blade arm and inside of track. Bruised his left ankle.
1992 · 2 incidents
October 12, 1992AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING A NAVACULITE STONE BLOCK TO PLACE IT IN THE SAW FOR CUTTING. AS HE LIFTED THE STONE FROM A PALLET TO THE SAW HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED IT AS A POSSIBLE CRACKED DISC.
1989 · 1 incident
September 28, 1989AR · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necMACHINERY