Mining Incidents

ST. FRANCIS MATERIAL QUARRY: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jones Robert H
St Francis County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0300414

MSHA record for ST. FRANCIS MATERIAL QUARRY (mine ID 0300414). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. St Francis Material Company 1950 to 1995
  2. M & T Paving & Construction Company Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

ST. FRANCIS MATERIAL QUARRY sits in St. Francis County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
St. Francis County, Arkansas · Population 22,740
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$41,784
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 8, 1986 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
St Francis Material Company · Struck against stationary object

WALKING DOWN CA7WALK ON PLNT & STEPPED ON NAIL DAMAGE TO LIGAMENT IN LEFT FOOT X-RAYS TAKEN

1985 · 3 incidents

October 3, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Francis Material Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO A SCRAPER & SLIPPED ON A STEP.HE REPORTED BEING STIFF THE NEXT MORNING & BY THE FOLLOWING MORNING HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK AROUND HIS NECK & SHOULDER HE LOST NO TIME NO TIME ON THE JOB.

June 7, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Francis Material Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP LEVER TO START A CIPHON. HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON ROCKS. HE RECEIVED A SHARP BLOW TO HIS BACK CAUSING NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM & LEG. HE WAS T AKEN IMMEDIATELY TO FORREST VIEW MED CENTER & FROM THERE PUT IN HOSPITAL. DIAGHOSIS-PINCHED NERVE.

February 20, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St Francis Material Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS ON PLANT AND SLIPPED ON SAGGING STEP SPRAINING RIGHT ANKLE. WAS TREATED AT FORREST VIEW MED CENTER AND T OLD BY DR TO REMSIN OFF LEG ONE DAY AND RETURN TO DR.

1984 · 3 incidents

December 4, 1984 AR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
St Francis Material Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL OPERATING VEHICLE ON GRAVEL YARD.WIND BLEW DEBRIS FROM NEIGHBORING ASPHALT PLANT AND HIT EMPL IN EYE.HE WAS TREATED AT CROSS CO. HOSPITAL AND RELEASED SAME DAY.

May 8, 1984 AR · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
St Francis Material Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WASUSING CUTTING TORCH WITH GOGGLES. A GRAIN OF SAND HEATED BY THE TORCH, EXPLODED, HITTING HIM IN THE EYE. HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY WHERE THE SAND WAS REMOVED. MEDIATELY WHERE THE SAND WAS REMOVED.

January 20, 1984 AR · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
St Francis Material Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS RUNNING DOZER IN PIT & GOT DUST N HIS EYES. HE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 1-23-84 & RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.

1983 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Francis Material Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO OPEN BIN GATE TO ALLOW GRAVEL TO RUN DOWN SHUTE GATE WOULD NOT OPEN SO EMPLOYEE JERKED ON LEVER SO HARD HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN LEVER AND GATE CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT HAND HE WAS TREATED AND RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY

July 12, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Francis Material Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING MACHINE ATTEMPTING TO PULL SLACK OUT OF HOSE. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HOSE & BUMPED AGAINST EJECTOR ARM ON MACHINE RESULTING IN A BRUISE ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.