Mining Incidents

Pocahontas Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Pochontas, Randolph County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301818

Pocahontas Quarry has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2013–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
195
citations
56
significant & substantial
$52,130
proposed penalties
$14,643
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $37,488 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
1,013
inspection hours
19.3
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.
195 citations across 1,013 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pocahontas Quarry has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 10 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
193 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
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 4,549 2 0 439.7
2025 Q3 4,297 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,426 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,845 1 0 127.5
2024 Q4 10,172 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,273 2 0 215.7
2024 Q2 6,366 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,942 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,001 6 1 545.4
2023 Q3 10,439 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,760 1 0 128.9
2023 Q1 6,226 1 0 160.6
2022 Q4 6,345 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,089 4 3 564.3
2022 Q2 10,178 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,147 4 2 491.0
2021 Q4 7,719 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,248 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,644 1 0 103.7
2021 Q1 10,528 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 12,033 1 0 83.1
2020 Q3 9,463 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,467 1 0 95.5
2020 Q1 8,520 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,325 1 0 120.1
2019 Q3 6,460 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,102 1 0 140.8
2019 Q1 6,636 2 0 301.4
2018 Q4 9,852 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,878 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,356 1 0 157.3
2018 Q1 5,263 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,968 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,156 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,603 3 0 535.4
2017 Q1 7,596 1 0 131.6
2016 Q4 6,985 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,110 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,479 3 0 316.5
2016 Q1 5,921 1 0 168.9
2015 Q4 10,070 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,449 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,089 4 0 396.5
2015 Q1 7,565 4 1 528.8
2014 Q4 7,373 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 9,258 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,334 3 0 409.1
2014 Q1 6,840 2 0 292.4
2013 Q4 6,468 2 0 309.2
2013 Q3 6,216 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,944 1 1 202.3
2013 Q1 4,984 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,394 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,900 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,964 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,831 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,207 2 1 1657.0
2011 Q3 1,126 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,123 10 4 2425.4
2011 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,300 8 6 1860.5
2010 Q2 7,630 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,410 9 4 1663.6
2009 Q4 4,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,215 4 1 949.0
2009 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,975 9 4 1809.0
2008 Q3 4,825 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,560 6 0 1315.8
2008 Q1 5,120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,580 18 1 3225.8
2007 Q3 8,228 4 0 486.1
2007 Q2 5,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,360 1 0 186.6
2006 Q4 8,230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,042 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,850 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,060 3 0 738.9
2005 Q4 8,720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,600 7 1 1060.6
2005 Q2 7,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,250 10 4 1904.8
2004 Q4 3,240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,220 26 12 6161.1
2004 Q1 3,060 8 3 2614.4
2003 Q4 3,600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,500 1 0 222.2
2003 Q1 4,650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,910 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,450 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,555 5 3 1406.5
2001 Q4 3,934 4 0 1016.8
2001 Q3 4,115 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,867 1 0 258.6
2001 Q1 4,241 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,321 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,498 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,141 6 4 1448.9
2000 Q1 4,290 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2023 · 1 incident

September 18, 2023 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up a used liner off of the ground and turned and leaned forward to put it in the skid steer bucket and felt a sharp pain in chest.

2022 · 1 incident

August 8, 2022 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

During the injury the employee was performing maintenance on a wash screen. The employee slipped and fell forward smashing EE's thumb on a bolt that holds the spray bar on the wash screen.

2018 · 2 incidents

October 10, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was getting in truck and closing door when the employee hit elbow on cab/door frame.

August 21, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was taking off a bearing housing with a hammer and a piece broke off and hit another employee a distance away, who was working on something else.

2016 · 3 incidents

October 24, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling on a wrench installing a torque converter and strained right elbow.

October 24, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was taken off back plate of screen and it fell on hand/wrist area.

October 6, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The employee was running a loader and as it was going down the hill into the pit the bucket's edge starting digging into ground making it come to an abrupt stop.

2015 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee tossed an impact gun up to another employee on a platform and it came back down and he tried to catch it and cut his hand.

March 17, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

The employee was in the process of cleaning under the primary crusher using a John Deere 318 D skidsteer. While he was performing his work, a rock fell from above and struck him in his lower right leg.

2013 · 2 incidents

July 8, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was in the process of removing a tripod from the rear of his vehicle. While reaching in with his right arm to lift up,he felt a pop in his shoulder. At doctor visit the EE received a shot in the shoulder.

March 4, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The EE was in the process of removing wedges from an impact crusher. He was using two sledge hammers to work them loose. While he was hitting them back and fourth to loosen the EE missed the wedge and struck his hand with head of sledge hammer. No broken bones x-rays negative, RX for pain.

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