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Van Buren Co: 177 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Van Buren County-Ar
Clinton, Van Buren County, AR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0301743

Van Buren Co has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1995–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
177
citations
58
significant & substantial
$63,453
proposed penalties
$61,694
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,759 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Van Buren County Road Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
684
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: 684 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Van Buren Co has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
171 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-29.
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.
33.9%
significant & substantial
12.3%
high negligence or reckless
32.7%
reasonably likely or greater
62.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.9% low, 74.9% moderate, 12.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2003-187M Dismissal Hodgdon 2004 $5K → $5K
CENT20030143M Settlement Melick 2003 $4K → $3K
CENT20010283M Settlement Bulluck 2002 $3K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2021-05-05, 5 years ago
13
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-29 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.
Ownership history
  1. Van Buren County Road Department 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 4
2014 2
2013 3
2012 4
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Van Buren Co sits in Van Buren County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Van Buren County, Arkansas · Population 15,936
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$47,266
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 1,056 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 847 1 0 1180.6
2025 Q3 996 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 180 2 1 11111.1
2024 Q3 220 3 0 13636.4
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 147 1 0 6802.7
2023 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 126 2 0 15873.0
2023 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 139 1 0 7194.2
2022 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 213 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 334 2 1 5988.0
2022 Q1 143 2 0 13986.0
2021 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 289 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 437 2 0 4576.7
2020 Q3 955 4 1 4188.5
2020 Q2 437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 650 4 1 6153.8
2019 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 136 7 2 51470.6
2019 Q2 256 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 535 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 637 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,457 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 355 9 3 25352.1
2012 Q1 2,081 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,631 6 2 3678.7
2011 Q3 1,888 6 0 3178.0
2011 Q2 1,601 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,496 8 5 5347.6
2010 Q3 2,057 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,935 4 2 2067.2
2010 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,966 4 3 2034.6
2009 Q3 1,518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,640 5 1 3048.8
2009 Q1 1,767 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,502 10 5 6657.8
2008 Q3 1,364 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,409 15 0 10645.8
2008 Q1 1,316 6 1 4559.3
2007 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,196 5 0 4180.6
2007 Q2 1,538 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,154 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,273 5 1 3927.7
2006 Q3 1,097 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,495 6 1 4013.4
2006 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,497 6 1 4008.0
2005 Q3 1,435 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,217 5 1 4108.5
2005 Q1 1,215 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,233 9 4 7299.3
2004 Q3 1,548 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 996 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,295 4 2 3088.8
2003 Q3 1,465 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 974 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,347 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,116 5 2 4480.3
2002 Q3 1,091 8 4 7332.7
2002 Q2 1,138 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 883 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,069 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,502 4 2 2663.1
2001 Q2 1,284 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 981 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,241 13 11 10475.4
2000 Q2 1,229 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,521 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 6, 2008 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Van Buren County Road Department · Struck by flying object

A rock flew out of the jaw of the crusher, hit employee in left temple. He fell on his back about 6 to 8 ft to the ground.

1996 · 1 incident

March 11, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Van Buren County Road Department · Fall from machine

2 EE'S WERE JUMP STARTING EUCLID ROCK TRUCK, WITH A CHARGER THAT IS DESIGNED TO JUMP STARAT A TRUCK. INJURED WAS SITTING NEAR THE BATTERIES TO HIS RT ABOUT 18". AS HE PUSHED STARTED BUTTON TO START THE TRUCK THE BATTERY EXPLODED, & KNOCKED HIM OUT THE DOOR TO THE GROUND, HE WAS KNOCKED OUT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, TAKEN TO HOSPITALFOR CHECK UP.

1995 · 1 incident

June 7, 1995 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Van Buren County Road Department · Struck by falling object

LARGE PIECE OF ROCK LODGED AT THE INLET TO THE JAWS OF THE CRUSHER WORKER USES A PRY STEELBARK TO MOVE THE LARGE PIECE OF ROCK AS HE PRYED THE PIECE OF ROCK IT MOVE & FELL BACK ON HIS PRY BAR AS IT HIT THE PRY BAR IT PUSHED HIS HAND AGAINSTTHE STEEL SAFE TY RAIL CUTTING HIS NEXT TO LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND & CUTTING A SMALL WOUND ON HIS FINGER