Mining Incidents

Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mack McAlister
Quitman, Cleburne County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301373

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.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
537
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: 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-02-07.
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
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
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 4,048 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,168 4 1 959.7
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 4 2 1174.7
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, 2005 AR · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER ROCK.

2004 · 1 incident

October 5, 2004 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN ROCK OUT OF A JAW CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER ROCK.

2003 · 1 incident

May 31, 2003 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck against a moving object

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, 2002 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

PICKED UP A CHEEK PLATE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIS FOOT AT THE INSTEP.

2000 · 1 incident

August 25, 2000 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pryor Mountain Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A ROCK ON A BERM & ROCK SLIPPED

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