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Newport Metal/Non-Metal

Summit Sand & Aggregates LLC · Surface

Controlled by Jim Otteman

Bradford, Jackson County, AR · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 0301970

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2009–2011
Latest incident: Jul 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2009

citations

significant & substantial

$84,131

proposed penalties

$42,557

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	3,543	6	0	1693.5
2025 Q3	3,333	3	1	900.1
2024 Q2	406	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,926	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	3,136	3	1	956.6
2023 Q2	4,334	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	5,599	6	2	1071.6
2021 Q3	4,574	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

September 15, 2009 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Ozark Premium Sand LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The victim was attempting to deliver an overnite package. She got out of her truck, began walking toward the loader as the operator was backing in her direction to take delivery at the truck as usual. She had never left the truck before. She walked in the blind side(left rear)of the loader and was not seen. She was struck & run over by both left side tires causing fatal injuries.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 1 incident

July 9, 2011 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Ozark Premium Sand LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was working to unclog a waste line coming from the hydrosizer, when line became lodged in the sand in work area without notice. The pressure on the line then kicked the polly pipe line back and struck the person in the back of the knee. The injured had a torn tendon in his knee and has returned to work.