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.
84 citations across 1,366 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2024-05-01.
On record since 2023.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Searcy Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 3 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $786 in penalties contested before the Commission, $225 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-21.
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.
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 · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Stood as issued
1 · 33%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
71%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$786 proposed, $225 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2021-09-26.
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: 2025-09-10
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
43
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz161 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg24
Arsenic fumes1
Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (55)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.36
1.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-09-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.18
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-06-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Utility Man
2023-06-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.9
10
0.09
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Track Man/Gang
2019-01-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.88
0.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2012-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.3
0.47
Drill Helper
2012-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.33
0.13
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-04-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.67
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-12-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-29
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Arsenic fumes
0
500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Beryllium fumes
0
2
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Chromium, insoluble
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Cobalt fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Copper fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Iron oxide fumes
0.83
10
0.08
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Lead fumes
0
150
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.03
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Manganese fumes
0.06
5
0.01
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Molybdenum fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Nickel fumes
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Zinc oxide fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2009-12-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2009-12-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.39
0.74
Utility Man
2009-12-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.4
0.53
Utility Man
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.82
0.32
Utility Man
2009-06-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.8
0.23
Utility Man
2006-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2005-08-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-08-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2003-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.2
0.90
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.16
2.15
0.54
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
0.88
0.58
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.02
0.25
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.41
0.46
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.
Searcy Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.60 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
4.62
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
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
2026
16
2025
17
2024
15
2023
15
2022
17
2021
16
2020
16
2019
18
2018
19
2017
14
2016
13
2015
12
2014
15
2013
14
2012
13
2011
18
2010
18
2009
16
2008
14
2007
13
2006
12
2005
19
2004
16
2003
17
2002
25
2001
16
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Searcy Quarry sits in White County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
White County, Arkansas · Population 77,395
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,435
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
9,084
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
10,047
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
10,384
1
0
96.3
2025 Q3
11,350
1
0
88.1
2025 Q2
10,186
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
10,644
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,723
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
10,593
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,379
1
0
106.6
2024 Q1
8,982
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
8,374
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,806
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
9,865
1
0
101.4
2023 Q1
10,522
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,595
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,616
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,772
1
0
102.3
2022 Q1
9,422
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
9,009
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,732
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10,534
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
10,777
1
0
92.8
2020 Q4
9,931
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
9,620
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
9,201
2
0
217.4
2020 Q1
9,672
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,578
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,763
2
0
170.0
2019 Q2
11,399
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
11,568
2
0
172.9
2018 Q4
11,929
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
12,055
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,447
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
9,380
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,713
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,837
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,985
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,651
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,771
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,188
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,696
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
8,103
1
0
123.4
2015 Q4
5,926
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,229
1
1
138.3
2015 Q2
7,566
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,664
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
7,593
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
9,479
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,603
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
10,764
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
8,716
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,399
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,240
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8,092
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,940
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
8,036
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,017
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
7,691
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
8,891
2
0
224.9
2011 Q3
13,184
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
13,579
3
0
220.9
2011 Q1
11,289
1
0
88.6
2010 Q4
12,678
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
12,920
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,306
1
0
120.4
2010 Q1
10,349
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
12,162
1
0
82.2
2009 Q3
14,340
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
13,664
2
2
146.4
2009 Q1
8,253
2
0
242.3
2008 Q4
7,823
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,290
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
10,684
2
0
187.2
2008 Q1
12,370
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
9,151
5
0
546.4
2007 Q3
11,578
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
11,323
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,934
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,610
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
519
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
12,609
2
0
158.6
2006 Q1
14,545
1
1
68.8
2005 Q4
14,922
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
16,783
1
0
59.6
2005 Q2
15,174
4
0
263.6
2005 Q1
16,074
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
17,655
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
20,407
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
17,896
8
1
447.0
2004 Q1
15,068
1
1
66.4
2003 Q4
13,880
7
1
504.3
2003 Q3
13,425
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,781
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
10,576
3
0
283.7
2002 Q4
13,079
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
15,758
3
0
190.4
2002 Q2
20,279
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
15,841
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
15,841
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
18,678
4
1
214.2
2001 Q2
17,104
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
21,275
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
17,792
3
1
168.6
2000 Q3
14,733
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
12,929
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
11,270
2
1
177.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
27 on file
2019 · 1 incident
January 23, 2019AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a 2ft. pry bar to raise a tube into position to be welded. The bar slipped causing EE to pull the bar towards self, striking the safety glasses, which then rolled into EE's eye. The employee was prescribed prescription eye drops which resulted in the incident being a medical reportable injury.
2017 · 1 incident
June 1, 2017AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While cutting the top from a cardboard blast hole tube, the knife the employee was using slipped and punctured left forearm. This injury required 4 sutures.
Injured employee was rocking the feeder back and forth with the v-belts when the counter weights broke over the top, causing his finger to be caught between the v-belt and the v-belt pulley
May 4, 2015AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Closing door on company field service truck and right hand was holding the handle on side of truck while stepping down and pinky finger was exposed (not closed in hand holding handle) and tech closed the door on finger. Finger tip laceration.
2014 · 1 incident
August 14, 2014AR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
While task training in a Volvo A40, IE jarred back while sitting in buddy seat due to lack of seat suspension. Diagnosed with lower lumbar strain.
2009 · 1 incident
February 5, 2009AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was dismounting haul truck to help work on conveyor belt. While climbing down the ladder (with safety harness in one hand), he missed the last step and fell to the ground. He injured his wrist while trying to catch himself.
2008 · 1 incident
September 16, 2008AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was picking up the pads and attempting to put them back on the pegs located on the scene. While doing so he slipped and his finger got caught between the crane body and the pad, smashing/cutting his left hand finger.
Employee diagnosed w/soft tissue neck strain after hitting pot hole on quarry road. Doctor said to rest & return Mon. regular duty. Did regular job on Mon. attended training class Tues. On Wed. 2/08/06 employee thought he might need to go back to doctor; did not have any pain or a headache, but some stiffness in his neck. Physician scheduled physical therapy.
2005 · 1 incident
May 25, 2005AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was climbing the telsmith crusher frame to adjust the water spray. His foot slipped off the frame, some 2-3 feet above the walkway, and fell backwards to the side. He caught himself on his left hand resulting in a fracture to the left wrist.
EE WAS DRIVING CHIPPER HAMMER UNDER BAKELITE SEAL. FELT PAIN IN HAND. FOUND 1/4" LACERATION IN HAND. X-RAY LATER DETERMINED A METAL FRAGMENT IN HAND. EE WAS SENT TO A HAND SPECIALIST FOR FURTH ER EVALUATION.
2002 · 1 incident
March 25, 2002AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INJURED EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE TIGHTENING WEDGE BOLTS AT PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER WITH A 3/4 DRIVE RACHET AND SOCKET. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND INJURED EE'S LT. INDEX FINGER; WAS MASHE D BETWEEN THE CHEATER PIPE THAT WAS ON THE RACHET AND THE BEARING HOUSING OF THE JAW.
2001 · 2 incidents
December 4, 2001AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFIRE
EE WAS CUTTING LACINGS. OXYGEN LINE JUST BELOW CRIMP BLEW OPEN DURING A BURN BACK, CATCHING GLOVE ON FIRE AND BURNING HIS HAND. THE VANGUARD PROTECTION WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE UNIT AFTER IT H AD BEEN REBUILT.
September 14, 2001AR · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS BEING WELDED TO A BUCKET. A LOOSE FIREBALL FROM THE WELD GOT DOWN INTO HIS SHOE. THE FIREBALL BURNED THROUGH EMPLOYEES SOCK AND INTO HIS SKIN. DI VISION OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 9/19/01 OF EMPLOYEE'S INJURY. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 9/19/01 WHEN PLANT MANAGER INSISTED HE GO TO DOCTOR.
2000 · 1 incident
March 28, 2000AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING AND HE RAISED WELDING HOOD TO INSPECT WELD. HE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE WELD SLAG AND A PIECE OF SLAG HIT LEFT EYE.
July 1, 1985AR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON