WDS Sand Metal/Non-Metal
WDS Sand
· Surface
Controlled by
William D Switzer
Shepherd,
Isabella County,
MI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003483
WDS Sand has $1K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,456
proposed penalties
$1,456
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
23
inspections on record
211
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 211 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WDS Sand has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 745 | 1 | 0 | 1342.3 |
| 2023 Q1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 584 | 2 | 1 | 3424.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 382 | 1 | 0 | 2617.8 |
| 2019 Q1 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 458 | 1 | 0 | 2183.4 |
| 2017 Q4 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 493 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 562 | 1 | 0 | 1779.4 |
| 2016 Q3 | 529 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 679 | 1 | 0 | 1472.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 335 | 6 | 3 | 17910.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 270 | 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 WDS Sand
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.