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.
Pocahontas Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
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
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Pocahontas Quarry has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 10 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| 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 |
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| 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 |
Reportable incidents
11 on file2023 · 1 incident
2022 · 1 incident
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
Employee was getting in truck and closing door when the employee hit elbow on cab/door frame.
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
Pulling on a wrench installing a torque converter and strained right elbow.
Employee was taken off back plate of screen and it fell on hand/wrist area.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
The full compliance file on Pocahontas Quarry
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.