Mining Incidents

Van Buren County Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Van Buren County-Ar
Van Buren County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301262

MSHA record for Van Buren County Pit (mine ID 0301262). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Van Buren County Road Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Van Buren County Pit 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.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.