Mining Incidents

Ouachita Rock Portable Metal/Non-Metal

Ouachita Rock, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Danny Hansbrough
Mena, Polk County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301867

Ouachita Rock Portable has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Jan 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
91
citations
15
significant & substantial
$16,330
proposed penalties
$14,938
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,392 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
40
inspections on record
688
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: 688 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ouachita Rock Portable has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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
2025 Q4 1,690 2 0 1183.4
2025 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,750 3 0 1714.3
2025 Q1 1,650 2 0 1212.1
2024 Q4 1,860 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,695 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,700 3 0 1764.7
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,440 1 1 694.4
2022 Q4 1,560 5 0 3205.1
2022 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 960 1 0 1041.7
2022 Q1 960 7 1 7291.7
2021 Q4 960 2 0 2083.3
2021 Q3 1,260 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,340 4 1 2985.1
2020 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 880 3 0 3409.1
2019 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 920 3 0 3260.9
2018 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 880 3 0 3409.1
2017 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 960 2 1 2083.3
2017 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 930 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 480 2 1 4166.7
2015 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 480 3 0 6250.0
2014 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 640 1 0 1562.5
2013 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 480 3 0 6250.0
2012 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 640 7 2 10937.5
2011 Q3 954 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 485 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 760 17 7 22368.4
2010 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 864 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 480 2 0 4166.7
2009 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 400 2 0 5000.0
2007 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 208 1 0 4807.7
2005 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 64 1 0 15625.0
2004 Q3 820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 380 1 0 2631.6
2003 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 144 4 0 27777.8
2003 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 320 1 0 3125.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 26, 2022 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ouachita Rock, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was operating a loader at our pit. A co-worker was in a dump truck & was there to get loaded with but was having trouble with the air in the truck. The co-worker radioed to EE to go ahead and load another truck. EE returned from loading another truck and crawled underneath the co-worker's truck without telling the co-worker. The truck then rolled back on top of EE.

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