Mining Incidents

Ward Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Insinger Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Christopher J Insinger
West Burlington, Bradford County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609663

Ward Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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 2009
52
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,613
proposed penalties
$7,311
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
470
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: 470 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 Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-20.
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
2025 Q4 842 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 524 2 0 3816.8
2024 Q4 753 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 783 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,637 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 961 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 731 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 555 4 0 7207.2
2020 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,468 1 0 681.2
2020 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 800 1 0 1250.0
2019 Q3 883 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,591 2 1 1257.1
2019 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,108 1 0 902.5
2018 Q3 1,507 1 0 663.6
2018 Q2 1,408 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 505 2 0 3960.4
2017 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,241 5 2 4029.0
2017 Q1 744 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 761 3 1 3942.2
2016 Q3 879 1 0 1137.7
2016 Q2 1,491 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,246 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,814 2 1 710.7
2015 Q1 2,351 1 0 425.4
2014 Q4 1,027 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,144 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,274 1 0 784.9
2013 Q4 867 2 0 2306.8
2013 Q3 2,221 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,475 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,459 2 0 813.3
2012 Q4 2,719 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,997 1 0 333.7
2012 Q2 3,699 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,093 2 1 488.6
2011 Q4 3,482 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,596 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,032 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,469 1 1 182.8
2010 Q4 5,039 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,621 2 0 432.8
2010 Q2 3,471 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,335 10 2 4282.7
2009 Q4 2,494 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,580 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,164 4 3 1848.4
2009 Q1 527 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 627 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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