WARD SAND & MATERIALS CO. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
69
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,408
proposed penalties
$7,408
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 720 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 SAND & MATERIALS CO. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2024-10-17
14
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Screen/Scalper Operator
2022-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-09-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2016-02-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-02-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.67
Utility Man
2005-03-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Dredge/Barge Operator
2002-08-22
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
Scale Man
2002-08-22
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
1.47
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-22
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
1.91
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
7
2024
6
2023
5
2022
5
2021
5
2020
6
2019
6
2018
6
2017
6
2016
8
2015
7
2014
7
2013
7
2012
6
2011
6
2010
6
2009
6
2008
6
2007
7
2006
7
2005
7
2004
7
2003
7
2002
7
2001
7
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WARD SAND & MATERIALS CO. sits in Burlington County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Burlington County, New Jersey · Population 464,226
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$105,271
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
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.
1995 · 1 incident
October 16, 1995NJ · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING SOUND INSULATION IN CAB OF FIAT-ALLIS FR20 FRONT END LOADER & CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A RAZOR KNIFE, REQUIRING FOUR [4] STITCHES.
1993 · 1 incident
October 27, 1993NJ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FELL OF FPICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS TRANPORTING SAME TO REPAIR SHOP IN PHILA. PA. WHILE RELOADING CYL ON PICKUP TRUCK THE CYL FELL OR ROLLED ON THE LEFT HAN DOF EMPLOYEE, BREAKI NG FINGER.