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Portable Plant #2: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Heber Springs, Stone County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301801

Portable Plant #2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,444
proposed penalties
$1,444
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
37
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: 37 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 #2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-21.
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.
62.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
62.5%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20000285M Settlement Feldman 2001 $6K → $4K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Rock Products Inc 1998 to 1999
  2. Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. 1999 to 2002
  3. Vulcan Materials Company 2002 to 2015
  4. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 1
2002 10
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #2 sits in Stone County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Stone County, Arkansas · Population 12,474
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$38,531
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 1,884 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,749 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,234 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,101 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,655 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 278 8 5 28777.0
2000 Q2 547 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 1 incident

April 14, 2000 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WORK ON A PAN SCRAPER AT HEBER SPRINGS QUARRY. HE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL MECHANIC DUTIES AT THE TIME. HE DIDNOT REPORT ANY INJURY ON THE DAY OF OCCURRENCE. REPORTED LATE BECAUSE WE TRIED TO DENY THAT THE BACK PROBLEMS WERE WORK RELATED.

1999 · 1 incident

June 30, 1999 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MUD OUT OF SCREENS. THE CLEANING PLANT WAS RUNNING. A BOLT FELL ONTO CATWALK. WHEN EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO PICK UP BOLT, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF A STEEL PLATE.