EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AND PICKING UP SCRAP METAL AND TIN. THE GRASS HAD GROWN UP AROUND THE AREA SO HE DIDN'T SEE A NAIL STICKING UP. HE STEPPED ON THE RUSTY NAIL WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSIN G A MINOR PUNCTURE WOUND BUT FELT LIKE A TETANUS SHOT WAS NEEDED.
Wallis Quarry: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Wallis Quarry
· Surface
Controlled by
Mark Wallis
Hot Spring County,
AR
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301517
MSHA record for Wallis Quarry (mine ID 0301517). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–1992
- Latest incident
- Apr 1992
Ownership history
- Wallis Quarry 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Wallis Quarry sits in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Hot Spring County, Arkansas · Population 33,142
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$52,644
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1992 · 1 incident
Wallis Quarry · Struck against stationary object
1989 · 1 incident
Wallis Quarry · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS TRYING TO CUT A HOLE IN CONVEYOR BELT WITH HIS POCKET KNIFE WHEN IT CLOSED. IT CUT THE FIRST FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
1988 · 1 incident
August 17, 1988
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wallis Quarry · Fall onto or against objects
MAN WALKING AROUND CRUSHER AND LOST HIS FOOTING ON LOOSE ROCK HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON ROCK WHEN HE FELL CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING IN HIS ELBOW AND ARM DRS DIAGNOSIS WAS CELLULITIS ELBOW