Mining Incidents

Ward Crushing LLC #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Ward Crushing LLC · Surface
Controlled by Steve K Ward
Libby, Lincoln County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402159

Ward Crushing LLC #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
47
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,796
proposed penalties
$4,796
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
27
inspections on record
329
inspection hours
n/a
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: 329 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ward Crushing LLC #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2021 Q2 1,488 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,153 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,054 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,311 2 0 1525.6
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 261 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,500 4 0 2666.7
2018 Q2 763 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,744 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 499 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 532 2 1 3759.4
2016 Q3 1,363 9 3 6603.1
2016 Q2 1,351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,518 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,489 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 679 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,946 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,087 4 0 3679.9
2013 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,962 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 704 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,147 3 0 2615.5
2011 Q3 1,861 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,710 6 4 3508.8
2011 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 842 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,383 2 0 1446.1
2009 Q3 3,066 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,404 3 0 1247.9
2009 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,509 3 2 1988.1
2008 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,429 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,669 1 0 599.2
2007 Q1 458 1 0 2183.4
2006 Q4 1,218 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,124 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,495 3 0 2006.7
2006 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,717 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,766 3 0 1698.8
2005 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,476 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,369 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,357 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,698 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,169 1 0 855.4
2003 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,757 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 499 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,701 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,620 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 613 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 271 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 897 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 144 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Ward Crushing LLC #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.