Mining Incidents

Newton County Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Arkansas State Highway Department · Surface
Controlled by State Of Arkansas
Newton County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300645

MSHA record for Newton County Pit (mine ID 0300645). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Arkansas State Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Newton County Pit sits in Newton 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.
Newton County, Arkansas · Population 7,175
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$47,395
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.