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PRESCOTT PLANT: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hanson Aggregates · Surface
Prescott, Nevada County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301804

PRESCOTT PLANT has $4K 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
7
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Dec 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,269
proposed penalties
$4,269
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hanson Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
342
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: 342 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PRESCOTT PLANT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-07.
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.
17.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.4%
reasonably likely or greater
69.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.9% low, 89.1% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2004-06-30, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.75 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Crew
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.87 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.22 0.77 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2002-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Crew
2002-01-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.38 0.58 Washer Operator
2002-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2000-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.68 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

PRESCOTT PLANT recorded 10.42 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
10.42
total case rate
5.21
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.46 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 * 10.42 5.21 0.000
2003 * 3.41 3.41 0.000
2002 * 2.88 2.88 0.000
2001 * 3.04 0.00 0.000
2000 * 6.62 3.31 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Hanson Aggregates West Inc 1999 to 2004
  2. Hanson Aggregates 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 18
2003 28
2002 27
2001 25
2000 25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PRESCOTT PLANT sits in Nevada County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Nevada County, Arkansas · Population 8,228
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$41,761
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
2004 Q4 3,257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,518 2 0 210.1
2004 Q2 11,932 21 5 1760.0
2004 Q1 13,695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 13,296 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 14,612 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 17,059 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 13,644 2 0 146.6
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 16,732 4 0 239.1
2002 Q3 17,439 1 0 57.3
2002 Q2 18,318 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 17,068 7 0 410.1
2001 Q4 16,784 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 19,099 5 0 261.8
2001 Q2 15,541 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 14,385 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 13,223 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,592 5 3 367.9
2000 Q2 17,373 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16,241 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PRYING TAIL PULLEY LOOSE. PRY BAR SLIPPED, CATCHING EE'S INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND A PIECE OF METAL ON THE FRAME.

2003 · 1 incident

June 24, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING SKIRT BOARD BELT CAUGHT HAMMER AND PULLED FINGERS OF LEFT HAND INTO BELT. CUTTING THE MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

December 4, 2001 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING OFF CATWALK WHEN WATER HOSE GOT LOOSE AND SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB AND CRACKED THE BONE.

2000 · 2 incidents

August 28, 2000 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MEASURING DRIVE PULLEY DRUM FOR NEW LEGGING. HE HAD HIS TAPE MEASURE ACROSS DRIVE PULLEY WHEN THE BELT WAS STARTED UP. THE BELT CAUGHT THE TAPE PULLING EE'S HAND AND WRIST INTO THE PULL EY RESULTING IN A CUT ALL THE WAY AROUND HIS WRIST AND PULLING THE FLESH AND SKIN DOWN TO HIS FINGERS.