Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Searcy, White County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300233

Portable Plant #1 has $447 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1990–2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
2
significant & substantial
$447
proposed penalties
$447
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
91
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: 91 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #1 has $447 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$447
proposed penalties
$447
current assessed
$447
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-22.
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
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q2 5,438 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,296 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,234 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,570 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 7,557 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,903 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,077 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 14,536 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 11,588 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 14,310 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,497 3 2 285.8
2000 Q2 6,168 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 14,642 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 4, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS USING A 20 LB HAMMER TO KNOCK OUT A BOWL LINER ON FRIDAY. HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS SORE. ON MONDAY & WEDNESDAY THE PLANT HAD (3) ROCK JAMS. EE HELPED TO MANUALLY REMOVE THE JAMMED ROCKS. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4/10/03.

2001 · 1 incident

June 22, 2001 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING AND REPLACING SIDE WEDGES OF JAWCRUSHER. THE DRIVE RATCHET BROKE CAUSING THE WRENCH TO PINCH HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CRUSHER FRAME.

2000 · 1 incident

October 19, 2000 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A ROUND BAR 1" X 48" THAT WAS USED TO DRIVE WEDGES OUT OF CONE LINER. HIS LITTLE FINGR ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS MASHED WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED WHILE BEING STRUCK WITH A HAMMER BY ANOT HER EE.

1996 · 3 incidents

May 7, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING END DUMP HIT A BUMP AND JARRED BACK.

January 24, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING MOVING CONVEYOR BELT WITH SHOVEL SHOVEL CAUGHT ON FASTENER AND HIT EE CUT ON CHIN AND CRACKED 12 TEETH ALL SAVED AND CROWNED BY DENTIST.

January 3, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING CRUSHER JAM PULLED LEFT THIGH MUSCLE.

1994 · 1 incident

April 5, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING METAL STAND IN TRUCK BED--MASHED LITTLE FINGER.

1993 · 3 incidents

August 10, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING SAID INSULATION IN HEADLINER OF MACHIE WAS IN THE AIR HE WAS BREATHING.

July 7, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING CRUSHER JAM HIT BY T RAMP METAL EJECT ED BY JAW

January 1, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADING SHOT ROCK AT THE BASE OF HIGHWALL WITH FRONT END LOADER. JOLTED WHEN BUCKET HIT A LEDGE HIDDEN BY MATERIAL BEING LOADED. RUPTURED DISC IN LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

August 28, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Rock Products Inc · Contact with heat

HELPING CLEAR A CRUSHER JAM & WAS OVERCOME BY HEAD EXHAUSTION

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