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: 782 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PIT NO. 1 has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$79K
current assessed
$79K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
188 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $26K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
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.
14citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
13 · 93%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 7%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$26K proposed, $15K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2024-02-27.
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: 2025-09-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
Truck Driver
2022-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-10-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2017-10-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2017-10-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-10-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.44
0.32
Utility Man
2017-10-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2013-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.05
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.97
0.12
Truck Driver
2013-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.73
0.25
Truck Driver
2009-11-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2009-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.64
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.74
1.37
0.54
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
1.05
0.81
Truck Driver
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
2026
5
2025
5
2024
5
2023
4
2022
5
2021
6
2020
6
2019
6
2018
6
2017
6
2016
6
2015
7
2014
7
2013
7
2012
6
2011
7
2010
8
2009
10
2008
9
2007
11
2006
8
2005
8
2004
9
2003
7
2002
8
2001
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PIT NO. 1 sits in Izard County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Izard County, Arkansas · Population 13,866
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$47,728
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
Driver was parked under material bin while truck was being loaded. Material bin gave way at footings and fell towards shaker crushing the middle of the truck. Driver was hit on the arm and head and fell to the ground.