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Little Piney Pit: 11 MSHA citations 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.
See Acme Brick Company's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
81.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2006-04-05, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-04-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.26 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2006-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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. Eureka Brick & Tile Company 1950 to 1999
  2. Acme Brick Company 1999 to 2000
  3. Acme Brick Company 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 4
2008 5
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 6
2003 5
2002 6
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Little Piney Pit sits in Johnson County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Johnson County, Arkansas · Population 25,932
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$44,808
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
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.