Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
25
significant & substantial
$44,394
proposed penalties
$41,855
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,539 gap.
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: 537 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $524 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-02-07.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
74%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $524 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-03-08.
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.
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: 2011-03-16, 15 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz193 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Noise dosimeter, 90dBA threshold dose1
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (31)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
0.62
1.10
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.88
0.63
1.40
Cleanup Man
2004-07-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
0.4
1.70
Cleanup Man
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-16
Noise dosimeter, 90dBA threshold dose
6.3
100
0.06
Truck Driver
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
2.52
0.17
Backhoe Operator
2010-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.04
0.31
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.49
0.94
Cleanup Man
2010-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.66
0.36
Utility Man
2006-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
0.79
0.92
Utility Man
2005-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.75
2.33
0.32
Cleanup Man
2005-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.5
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.94
3.29
0.29
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-09-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.43
0.35
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.56
10
0.06
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2004-07-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.37
0.59
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.38
0.66
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-07-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.61
0.74
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.74
1.62
0.46
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.38
0.58
Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.51
0.41
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.25
0.96
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.24 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
9.95
9.95
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
8
2011
9
2010
8
2009
9
2008
10
2007
8
2006
8
2005
8
2004
9
2003
7
2002
6
2001
6
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc sits in Cleburne County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Cleburne County, Arkansas · Population 25,048
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$55,979
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
2012 Q1
5,028
1
0
198.9
2011 Q4
4,217
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,980
1
0
251.3
2011 Q2
4,504
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,034
2
0
495.8
2010 Q4
4,266
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,732
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,509
2
0
363.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1
4,048
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,168
3
0
719.8
2009 Q3
4,343
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,696
8
1
1703.6
2009 Q1
5,300
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,020
19
8
3784.9
2008 Q3
5,684
4
4
703.7
2008 Q2
5,960
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,447
5
0
917.9
2007 Q2
5,105
2
2
391.8
2006 Q4
4,207
7
1
1663.9
2006 Q3
4,896
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,494
5
2
1112.6
2006 Q1
5,109
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,020
2
0
398.4
2005 Q3
5,161
3
1
581.3
2005 Q2
5,048
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,867
2
0
410.9
2004 Q4
4,762
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,961
1
0
201.6
2004 Q2
5,088
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,658
2
0
429.4
2003 Q4
4,453
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,299
7
0
1628.3
2003 Q2
4,409
3
0
680.4
2003 Q1
2,763
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,868
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,346
4
1
1195.5
2002 Q2
3,652
1
0
273.8
2002 Q1
3,715
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,934
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,737
10
2
2675.9
2001 Q2
3,312
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,412
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,104
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,405
1
1
293.7
2000 Q2
3,298
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2005 · 1 incident
June 6, 2005AR · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CLEARING TREES WITH A 963 CAT TRACK LOADER HE HAD STOPPED THE LOADER AND GOT OFF. WHEN HE GOT BACK ON THE LOADER HE DROVE FORWARD OVER A MOUND OF DIRT, AS THE LOADER TRAVELED OVER THE MOUND OF DIRT IT TIPPED FORWARD THROWING EE FORWARD INTO THE MIRROR BRACKET.
2002 · 1 incident
September 19, 2002AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS