Mining Incidents

WARD SAND & MATERIALS CO. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James D Morrissey III
Vincentown, Burlington County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2800747

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
66
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,408
proposed penalties
$7,408
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 3,578 1 0 279.5
2025 Q3 3,662 1 0 273.1
2025 Q2 3,818 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,777 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,642 2 1 549.1
2024 Q3 3,956 1 0 252.8
2024 Q2 3,610 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,580 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

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

February 2, 2014 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal trespasser POWERED HAULAGE

A non-employee of Ward Sand was trespassing on the mine site. He and 2 other friends drove their ATVs out on the frozen dredge pond. Approx 1000 ft from shore the victim and bike fell through the ice and died.