Mining Incidents

Little Piney Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Acme Brick Company · Surface
Controlled by Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Lamar, Johnson County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300138

Little Piney Pit has $762 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$762
proposed penalties
$762
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Little Piney Pit has $762 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$762
proposed penalties
$762
current assessed
$762
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-19.
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
2009 Q1 876 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,419 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,433 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,516 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,692 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,653 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,675 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 2,940 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,078 1 0 324.9
2006 Q3 3,290 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,777 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,518 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,056 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,846 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,670 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,928 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,796 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,852 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,385 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,259 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,625 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,037 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,118 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,038 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,902 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,281 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,052 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,078 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,502 3 0 856.7
2001 Q1 3,847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,956 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,022 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,244 7 2 2157.8
2000 Q1 3,060 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 10, 2008 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Brick Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was removing wet material from the bed of his trailer, using a shovel. As the employee bent down he experienced lower back pain.

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