Mining Incidents

Pocahontas Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Pochontas, Randolph County, AR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0301818

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2013–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
195
citations
56
significant & substantial
$52,130
proposed penalties
$14,643
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 4,549 2 0 439.7
2025 Q3 4,297 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,128 1 0 886.5
2024 Q4 1,041 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,446 2 0 817.7
2024 Q2 1,039 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2023 · 1 incident

September 18, 2023 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up a used liner off of the ground and turned and leaned forward to put it in the skid steer bucket and felt a sharp pain in chest.

2022 · 1 incident

August 8, 2022 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

During the injury the employee was performing maintenance on a wash screen. The employee slipped and fell forward smashing EE's thumb on a bolt that holds the spray bar on the wash screen.

2018 · 2 incidents

October 10, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was getting in truck and closing door when the employee hit elbow on cab/door frame.

August 21, 2018 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was taking off a bearing housing with a hammer and a piece broke off and hit another employee a distance away, who was working on something else.

2016 · 3 incidents

October 24, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling on a wrench installing a torque converter and strained right elbow.

October 24, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was taken off back plate of screen and it fell on hand/wrist area.

October 6, 2016 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

The employee was running a loader and as it was going down the hill into the pit the bucket's edge starting digging into ground making it come to an abrupt stop.

2015 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee tossed an impact gun up to another employee on a platform and it came back down and he tried to catch it and cut his hand.

March 17, 2015 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

The employee was in the process of cleaning under the primary crusher using a John Deere 318 D skidsteer. While he was performing his work, a rock fell from above and struck him in his lower right leg.

2013 · 2 incidents

July 8, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was in the process of removing a tripod from the rear of his vehicle. While reaching in with his right arm to lift up,he felt a pop in his shoulder. At doctor visit the EE received a shot in the shoulder.

March 4, 2013 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Quarries Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The EE was in the process of removing wedges from an impact crusher. He was using two sledge hammers to work them loose. While he was hitting them back and fourth to loosen the EE missed the wedge and struck his hand with head of sledge hammer. No broken bones x-rays negative, RX for pain.