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Ouachita Gravel: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark Wallis
Hot Spring County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301381

Ouachita Gravel has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ouachita Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1994 0
1993 0
1992 1
1991 0
1990 1
1989 8
1988 8
1987 9
1986 10
1985 11
1984 5
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ouachita Gravel sits in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Hot Spring County, Arkansas · Population 33,142
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$52,644
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ouachita Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A LOADER HAD LIFTED A WATER PUMP TO LOAD ON A FLATBED TRAILOR THE MAN WAS HELPING GUIDE THE PUMP INTO PLACE WHEN IT TURNED MAHSING HIS FINGER AND TAKING OFF THE TIP END OF HIS LITTLE FINGER

August 7, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ouachita Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS CHANGING A TIRE WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN SOME TRASH OR DIRT BLEW INTO HIS R EYE HE COULDNT REMOVE IT HIMSELF HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM ABOUT 2 HRS LATER WHERE THEY REMOVED THE TRASH H E THEN RETURNED TO WORK