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Lamar Quarry-Rainbow Stone: 124 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Johnson, Logan County, AR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0300049

Lamar Quarry-Rainbow Stone has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
124
citations
33
significant & substantial
$39,294
proposed penalties
$9,540
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $29,754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rainbow Stone Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
753
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: 753 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-05-11.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Lamar Quarry-Rainbow Stone has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-10.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
26.4%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
38.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.4% low, 66.1% moderate, 26.4% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $2K 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 2015-10-21.
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 2016-0053 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $17K → $2K
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: 2017-09-12, 9 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.33 1.76 Cutting Mach Helper
2017-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pelletizer Operator
2014-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1 0.12 Bobcat Operator
2014-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2013-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2013-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2013-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Helper
2011-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.53 0.94 Cutting Mach Helper
2009-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2009-07-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.4 0.95 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.
Ownership history
  1. Rainbow Stone Company 1950 to 2011
  2. Rainbow Stone Company Inc 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 0
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 6
2017 7
2016 8
2015 10
2014 10
2013 10
2012 10
2011 6
2010 5
2009 5
2008 8
2007 8
2006 7
2005 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lamar Quarry-Rainbow Stone sits in Logan County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Logan County, Arkansas · Population 21,240
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,237
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
2026 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 429 1 0 2331.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 720 9 2 12500.0
2023 Q3 748 3 0 4010.7
2023 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 848 2 1 2358.5
2022 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 834 4 0 4796.2
2022 Q2 995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,035 5 0 4830.9
2021 Q4 991 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,028 3 0 2918.3
2021 Q2 1,039 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,031 1 0 969.9
2020 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,024 3 1 2929.7
2020 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,068 2 0 1872.7
2019 Q4 1,055 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,403 1 0 712.8
2019 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,435 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,108 4 1 1897.5
2018 Q1 2,547 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,618 2 0 763.9
2017 Q3 2,670 3 0 1123.6
2017 Q2 2,930 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,420 2 1 826.4
2016 Q4 2,403 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,800 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,789 4 0 1055.7
2016 Q1 3,669 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,732 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,090 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,751 7 3 1473.4
2015 Q1 3,334 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,571 7 4 1960.2
2014 Q3 4,676 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,358 2 1 373.3
2014 Q1 5,168 2 1 387.0
2013 Q4 3,863 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,347 2 1 460.1
2013 Q2 4,042 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,473 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,377 1 1 228.5
2012 Q3 4,559 2 0 438.7
2012 Q2 3,579 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,936 1 0 254.1
2011 Q4 2,325 5 2 2150.5
2011 Q3 2,201 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,341 4 3 1708.7
2011 Q1 477 3 0 6289.3
2010 Q4 1,345 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,877 1 0 532.8
2010 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 464 6 3 12931.0
2009 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,964 5 0 2545.8
2008 Q3 5,747 3 1 522.0
2008 Q2 4,078 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,992 5 3 1252.5
2007 Q4 3,816 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,675 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,673 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,068 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,038 9 3 2962.5
2006 Q2 3,680 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,409 6 1 2490.7
2005 Q3 2,182 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2016 · 1 incident

January 6, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Rainbow Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While splitting stone with hydraulic stone cutter, operator lowered the splitting head. The injured person did not remove hand from cutting area in time. This resulted in the tip of finger being cut off.