Mining Incidents

Ouro Preparation Plant Coal

Ouro Mining, Inc. · Facility
Controlled by QMetco Limited
Bates, Scott County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0302079

MSHA record for Ouro Preparation Plant (mine ID 0302079). 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
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
4
inspections on record
43
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: 43 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ouro Mining, Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ouro Preparation Plant sits in Scott County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Scott County, Arkansas · Population 9,839
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$45,955
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
2026 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 723 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 318 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 432 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 332 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 472 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0

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.