WEST FORK QUARRY & PLANT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Years on record
1983–1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,059
proposed penalties
$5,059
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 80 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WEST FORK QUARRY & PLANT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-28.
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.
WEST FORK QUARRY & PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Arkansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.22 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
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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
2004
2
2003
6
2002
10
2001
21
2000
29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WEST FORK QUARRY & PLANT sits in Washington 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.
Washington County, Arkansas · Population 251,863
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,426
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
2004 Q1
409
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
889
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
769
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,050
1
0
487.8
2003 Q1
2,545
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,298
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,482
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,742
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1
403
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,407
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,668
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,993
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,196
2
0
322.8
2000 Q4
11,877
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
12,741
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
13,895
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
9,401
25
7
2659.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
28 on file
1997 · 2 incidents
June 20, 1997AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT V-BELT ON VSI. WHILE REMOVING LAST BOLT ON COVER, WHEN IT FELL OFF STRIKING HIM ON SHIN. HE DID NOT WANT TO THE DR. 6-20. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC 7-25.
March 28, 1997AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMP WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMP TAKING BOLTS OUT OF CRUSHING UNIT. OTHER EMPS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND HIS FOREARM STRUCK EMP IN MOUTH. EMP DID NOT WASN TO SEE DR 3-28-97. CAME BY OFFICE 4 -11-97 WANTING TO SEE DENTIST. EMP NEEDS BRIDGE WORK REPLACED.
1996 · 4 incidents
August 28, 1996AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS POURING 5 GALLONS OF WATER INTO WATER PUMP TO PRIME IT, WHEN HE CLAIMS HE STRAINED HIS BACK. REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR 6-5-96, DID NOT WANT TO SEE DR AT THAT TIME. WENT TO DR 6-12-96.
1994 · 1 incident
October 11, 1994AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE SWABBED BELT DRESSING ON HEAD PULLEY OF CONVEYOR WHILE IT WAS RUNNING, HE FELL ON EDGE OF CONVEYOR BELT DISCHARGING HIM WITH MATERIAL LANDING 27' BELOW.
55020EUCLID DUMP TRUCK WAS BACKED INTO BY A 988 CAT LOADER. REAR LOADER WHEEL HIT RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF EUCLID AND JEREKED STEERING WHEEL BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB.
May 27, 1992AR · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO TURN CLEANOUT PULLEY TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM SAME WITH WRISTS HELD STRAIGHT GRADUALLY INCREASING PRESSURE WAS APPLIED SUDDEN SHARP PAIN OCCURRED IN WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING EXCESS MATERIAL AND A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM SCREEN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF HARD HAT AND RIGHT SHOULDER, THEN STRUCK RIGHT STEEL TOED BOOT. EMPLOYEE LOST CONSCI OUSNESS FOR ABOUT A MINUTE.
April 12, 1987AR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING BOLT FROM UNDER AUTOMOBILE WITH WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUGHT EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE CROSSMEMBER OF TRUCK FRAME WITH RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION.
EMPL BREAKING S7EEL LEAVING DRILL IN ROTATION WIHILE UNLOCKING STEEL GUIDE.DRILL STEEL COLLAR BROKE LOOSE FROM DRIFTER STRIKING EMPL ON BACK OF HEAD BELOW HARD HAT.
1985 · 1 incident
September 5, 1985AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
MINER HAD BEEN TALKING TO TRACTOR OPERATOR TRACTOR OPERATOR MADE HARD TURN TO RIGHT UPON PULLING AWAY FROM MINER WHO WAS STANDING ON GROUND BOX BLADE EXTENSION ON TRACTOR STRUCK MINER ON THIGH OF LEFT LEG MINER WAS CHECKED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL & HE RECEIVED SEVERE BRUISES ON LEFT THIGH