SMITH GRAVEL PIT has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $238 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
134
citations
24
significant & substantial
$21,640
proposed penalties
$21,402
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $238 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
854
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: 854 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SMITH GRAVEL PIT has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $238 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$238
outstanding
133 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
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: 2026-06-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-10-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2012-12-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.76
Hydrating Plant Operator
2012-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Surveyor
2012-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2012-12-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.34
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-02-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
2.36
0.14
Utility Man
2011-04-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-02-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Utility Man
2009-09-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.91
0.23
Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-09-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2009-09-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
SMITH GRAVEL PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.34 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
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
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
3
2025
2
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
2
2020
2
2019
1
2018
2
2017
2
2016
4
2015
3
2014
4
2013
3
2012
3
2011
4
2010
3
2009
3
2008
4
2007
5
2006
7
2005
15
2004
15
2003
13
2002
11
2001
11
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SMITH GRAVEL PIT sits in Lincoln County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Lincoln County, Arkansas · Population 12,966
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$51,667
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
856
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,080
4
0
3703.7
2025 Q4
809
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
676
3
0
4437.9
2025 Q2
731
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
761
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
830
5
0
6024.1
2024 Q3
677
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
637
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
709
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
611
5
0
8183.3
2023 Q3
641
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
673
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
583
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
888
4
0
4504.5
2022 Q3
651
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
790
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
825
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
770
1
0
1298.7
2021 Q3
781
1
0
1280.4
2021 Q2
392
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
863
2
0
2317.5
2020 Q4
1,294
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,292
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,332
3
0
2252.3
2020 Q1
1,102
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,190
2
0
1680.7
2019 Q3
736
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
715
1
0
1398.6
2019 Q1
724
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,191
1
0
839.6
2018 Q3
734
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
523
1
0
1912.0
2018 Q1
1,038
4
0
3853.6
2017 Q4
899
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,227
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,317
2
0
1518.6
2017 Q1
871
3
0
3444.3
2016 Q4
1,210
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,543
3
0
1944.3
2016 Q2
1,556
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,070
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,880
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,709
3
1
1755.4
2015 Q2
1,588
4
1
2518.9
2015 Q1
1,185
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,325
1
0
754.7
2014 Q3
1,863
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,713
1
1
583.8
2014 Q1
1,316
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,198
1
0
834.7
2013 Q3
1,943
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,963
1
0
509.4
2013 Q1
1,661
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,664
2
0
1201.9
2012 Q3
1,737
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,808
1
0
553.1
2012 Q1
1,224
4
2
3268.0
2011 Q4
1,494
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,797
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,242
3
0
1338.1
2011 Q1
1,097
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,635
2
2
1223.2
2010 Q3
2,049
4
1
1952.2
2010 Q2
1,859
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,179
3
1
2544.5
2009 Q4
1,269
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,563
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,736
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,770
2
0
1129.9
2008 Q4
1,773
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,933
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
857
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
917
3
0
3271.5
2007 Q4
2,880
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,095
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,697
3
0
1112.3
2007 Q1
2,007
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,758
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,071
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,267
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,159
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,154
2
0
325.0
2005 Q3
7,392
2
0
270.6
2005 Q2
6,638
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,410
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,773
11
4
1415.2
2004 Q3
5,789
4
2
691.0
2004 Q2
6,458
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,425
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,326
1
0
158.1
2003 Q3
6,149
13
3
2114.2
2003 Q2
5,184
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,209
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,813
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,183
5
1
1195.3
2002 Q2
4,880
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,135
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,282
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,046
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,957
3
1
605.2
2001 Q1
4,532
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,031
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,701
10
4
2127.2
2000 Q2
4,404
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,854
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1998 · 1 incident
June 5, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS