Mining Incidents

Ward Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Foley
Shorter, Macon County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103043

Ward Mine has $2K 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
3
Years on record
1999–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,819
proposed penalties
$1,819
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
201
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: 201 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 Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-29.
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
2009 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 647 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 828 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,021 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,689 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,057 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 223 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,422 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,243 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,729 4 3 698.2
2005 Q4 6,919 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,783 1 0 209.1
2005 Q2 4,399 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,609 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,048 1 0 247.0
2004 Q3 4,817 1 0 207.6
2004 Q2 5,640 5 1 886.5
2004 Q1 4,501 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,781 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,167 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 610 1 0 1639.3
2003 Q1 638 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,443 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,621 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,693 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,152 2 0 481.7
2001 Q3 6,422 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,578 4 0 608.1
2001 Q1 5,781 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,938 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,924 2 1 337.6
2000 Q2 6,247 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,342 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 1, 2005 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Concrete Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee alleges that he was welding or cutting and sparks went into the air and wind blew them into his ear. Employee states he was wearing appropriate PPE.

2001 · 1 incident

May 4, 2001 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Concrete Company · Struck against a moving object

DAYTIME OPERATION 2, OPEN AREA AROUND AGGREGATE STICKNILE. WEATHER AND VISIBILITY NOT A FACTOR. INJURED WORKER DROVE TRUCK PERSONAL THROUGH STOCKPILE AREA AND FAILED TO YIELD TO LOADER IN OPER ATION.

1999 · 1 incident

February 9, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWISTED HIS ANKLE DISMOUNTING HIS EQUIPMENT.

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