Pryor Mtn. Quarry has $13K 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
5
Years on record
2014–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
84
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,751
proposed penalties
$12,751
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 461 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 Mtn. Quarry has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
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.
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: 2025-05-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2015-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.5
0.26
Truck Driver
2015-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.38
0.32
Utility Man
2014-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
9
2025
9
2024
7
2023
7
2022
9
2021
4
2020
7
2019
3
2018
3
2017
3
2016
4
2015
6
2014
8
2013
8
2012
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pryor Mtn. Quarry 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
2026 Q2
4,558
5
0
1097.0
2026 Q1
3,319
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,822
3
0
784.9
2025 Q3
4,695
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,767
6
3
1592.8
2025 Q1
3,203
1
0
312.2
2024 Q4
2,592
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,696
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,164
7
1
1681.1
2024 Q1
1,891
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,818
2
0
1100.1
2023 Q3
3,508
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,293
4
0
931.7
2023 Q1
3,968
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,500
2
0
363.6
2022 Q3
5,321
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,509
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
2,842
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2,624
5
0
1905.5
2021 Q3
2,379
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,256
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,854
3
1
1618.1
2020 Q3
2,877
4
1
1390.3
2020 Q2
2,279
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,394
4
1
1670.8
2019 Q4
43
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
428
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,543
7
1
4536.6
2018 Q2
1,709
1
0
585.1
2018 Q1
1,181
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,826
1
0
547.6
2017 Q3
2,136
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,714
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,559
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,374
1
0
421.2
2016 Q3
3,205
2
1
624.0
2016 Q2
2,316
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,683
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,041
2
0
657.7
2015 Q3
2,680
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,693
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,626
4
1
1523.2
2014 Q4
2,622
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
3,755
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,023
3
0
745.7
2014 Q1
3,411
1
0
293.2
2013 Q4
3,663
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,840
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,281
3
0
568.1
2013 Q1
4,876
12
3
2461.0
2012 Q4
2,773
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,002
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2025 · 1 incident
April 16, 2025AR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walking up a ramp to loader. Their right foot slipped, they tried to recover using left foot, and left knee bent backwards. The doctors believe they sprained their MCL on left knee. MRI is scheduled for 04/24/2025 and they have a follow up appointment on 04/30/2025 to review the results of the MRI.
2019 · 1 incident
June 14, 2019AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maintenance worker was changing HSI hammers. When EE was rotating the roster to change the third hammer, EE's foot was pinched between a new hammer and the main frame, fracturing EE's foot.
2017 · 1 incident
September 7, 2017AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was trying to remove entangled conveyor from pulley on QH331 Cone. Employee was using a pipe wrench to turn the pulley belt, when ee hand slipped catching ee finger in between the pulley and the guard. This resulted in a cut right index finger.
2016 · 1 incident
March 14, 2016AR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Track roller had come off of Drill Rig. While attempting to reinstall the roller by hitting it with a hammer, a small fragment of metal came off cutting through the employee's glove and cutting EE's left finger and imbedding under skin.
While attempting to pull the latches to disconnect the pole attachment from the Bobcat S250, slipped & twisted trapping knee on the back side of the pole attachment, causing a pulled muscle around the knee.
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