Mountain Home Plant has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
45
significant & substantial
$24,193
proposed penalties
$24,193
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: 517 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mountain Home Plant has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $715 in penalties contested before the Commission, $715 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-17.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 33%
Stood as issued
2 · 67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$715 proposed, $715 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 2010-06-18.
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: 2010-01-20, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-01-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2009-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-10-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-10-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.32
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.67
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-12-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
1.88
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-12-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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
2012
10
2011
9
2010
9
2009
11
2008
12
2007
13
2006
13
2005
13
2004
13
2003
13
2002
13
2001
13
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mountain Home Plant sits in Baxter County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Baxter County, Arkansas · Population 42,150
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$48,427
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
2012 Q4
317
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
824
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
701
10
4
14265.3
2012 Q1
748
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
657
8
1
12176.6
2011 Q3
948
12
7
12658.2
2011 Q2
867
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
626
0
0
0.0
Show 43 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
663
3
0
4524.9
2010 Q2
932
4
3
4291.8
2010 Q1
397
3
1
7556.7
2009 Q4
586
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
610
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
699
7
4
10014.3
2009 Q1
744
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
538
6
6
11152.4
2008 Q3
1,041
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,423
1
0
702.7
2008 Q1
1,266
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,258
2
0
885.7
2007 Q3
1,736
1
0
576.0
2007 Q2
2,561
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,410
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,223
3
1
1349.5
2006 Q3
3,650
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,221
4
1
1241.9
2006 Q1
3,453
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,080
5
0
1225.5
2005 Q3
3,950
2
1
506.3
2005 Q2
3,255
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,355
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
59
6
2
101694.9
2004 Q3
2,384
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,788
9
2
2375.9
2004 Q1
2,061
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,410
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,265
1
1
441.5
2003 Q2
2,802
1
0
356.9
2003 Q1
1,866
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,272
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,262
11
4
4863.0
2002 Q2
2,366
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,420
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,009
4
1
1329.3
2001 Q3
3,234
7
5
2164.5
2001 Q2
2,408
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,521
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,662
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,194
1
1
313.1
2000 Q2
3,460
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,308
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1995 · 1 incident
January 25, 1995AR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS CUTTING DOWN THE PRESSURE ON CONE CRUSHER WHEN OIL PRESSURE LINE BROKE CAUSING HH TO JUMP BACK CUTTING OFF PRESSURE VALVE, NO PRESSURE ON CRANK HANDLE CAUSED HANDLE TO SPIN BACK HITTING HIM ON RIGHT WRIST.